Ellen Ammann
Ellen Aurora Elisabeth Morgenröte Ammann née Sundström (1 July 1870 - 23 November 1932) was a Swedish born - German politician and activist, representative of the Bavarian People's Party.[1][2]
Biography
Ellen Sundström was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She was the elder daughter of Carl Rudolf Sundström (1841-1889) and Carolina Sofia Häggström (1849–1943). Her father was an ornithologist and doctor of zoology. Her mother was a journalist and foreign editor with Stockholms-Tidningen. She was the sister of Swedish landscape artist Harriet Sundström (1872–1961) .[3][4] [5]
After graduation, she began training as a physiotherapist. In 1890 Ellen Sundström married German orthopedist Ottmar Ammann (1861–1939) and then moved with her husband to Munich. She worked for Swedish-German women's rights, and was a welfare nurse and pioneer of professional training for social work. A Roman Catholic convert, in 1904 she co-founded the Munich branch of the German Catholic Women's Association. [6]
From 1919 to 1932, she served as a “landtag” deputy for “Bavarian People’s Party”, where she advocated the professionalisation of women's education. In January 1923, together with Anita Augspurg, Lida Gustava Heymann and a delegation of women, Amman called for Austrian born Adolf Hitler to be expelled from Germany. During the Beer Hall Putsch, she and several members of government hastily composed a condemnation of the attempted coup d'état. She continued to oppose National Socialism until her death. Ellen Ammann died in Munich during 1932 in the aftermath of a stroke. She was buried at Alter Südfriedhof.[7]
References
- "University of Ulm". Archived from the original on 2007-06-07. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- "Ellen Ammann". München Wiki. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- "Sundström, Carl Rudolf". Svenskt porträttgalleri. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- "Harriet Sundström". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- "Ellen Ammann". Frauen verändern die Gesellschaft. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
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- Christina Gustavson (March 11, 2015). "Ellen Ammann". gustavson.se. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
Other sources
- Adelheid Schmidt-Thomé (2020) Ellen Ammann: Frauenbewegte Katholikin (Verlag Friedrich Pust) ISBN 9783791761695
- Gunda Holtmann (2017) Ellen Ammann – Eine intellektuelle Biographie (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co) ISBN 978-3956502705
- Marianne Neboisa (1992) Ellen Ammann, geb. Sundström 1870-1932. Dokumentation und Interpretation eines diakonischen Frauenlebens. (St. Ottilien) ISBN 978-3880962804
- Manfred Berger (2002). "Ammann, Ellen Aurora Elisabeth Morgenröte". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). 20. Nordhausen: Bautz. col. 27–34. ISBN 3-88309-091-3.
- Manfred Berger: Frauen in sozialer Verantwortung: Ellen Ammann. In: Unsere Jugend. 59 2007/H.4, S. 176-179
External links
- Ellen Ammann Triade (Katholischer Deutscher Frauenbund)
- Schweden stammende Frauenrechtlerin Ellen Ammann (1870-1932) (Katholischer Deutscher Frauenbund)