Gertrud Lodahl (28 January 1878 – 17 March 1930) was a German newspaper and magazine editor and politician. In 1919 she became a member of the Weimar National Assembly, remaining a member of parliament until the following year.
Gertrud Lodahl | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Weimar National Assembly | |
| In office 1919–1920 | |
| Constituency | Posen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 January 1878 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 17 March 1930 (aged 52) |
Biography edit
Lodahl was born into a working-class family in Berlin in 1878. After leaving school she worked as a nanny and then in the book printing industry.[1] She joined a trade union and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) around 1895. In 1895 she also became a member of the board of directors of the Berlin Book Printing Association and subsequently edited newspapers and magazines for the SPD, trade unions and cooperatives. During World War I she sat on the advisory board of the War Food Office and was involved with the Price Inspection Office.[1]
Although she was not elected to the Weimar National Assembly in the January 1919 elections, she entered the Assembly in February 1919 as a replacement for Paul Stössel and remained a member until the 1920 Reichstag elections.[2][3] She died in 1930.
References edit
- ^ a b Lodahl, Gertrud Verhandlungen des Deutschen Reichstags
- ^ Walter S. G. Kohn (1980) Women in National Legislatures: A Comparative Study of Six Countries, p141
- ^ Die ersten Politikerinnen der Weimarer Nationalversammlung Frauenwahllokal