Margarete Behm

Margarete Behm (3 May 1860 – 28 July 1929) was a German educator, trade unionist and politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the Weimar National Assembly in 1919, remaining a member of parliament for the German National People's Party until 1928.

Margarete Behm
Member of the Reichstag
In office
1920–1928
Member of the Weimar National Assembly
In office
1919–1920
Personal details
Born3 May 1860
Lehndorf, Prussia
Died28 July 1929(1929-07-28) (aged 69)
Berlin, Germany

Biography

Behm was born in Lehndorf in Prussia in 1860.[1] She attended primary school in Koßdorf between 1867 and 1871 and then high school in Stolp. After leaving school in 1876, she trained to be a teacher in Berlin and became a high school teacher in 1879.[1] In 1897 she established a trade union for domestic workers, and three years later began publishing a magazine, Die Heimarbeiterin.

In 1918 Behm was a founder member of the German National People's Party (DNVP) and headed it's women's committee until 1923. She was a candidate for the party in the 1919 federal elections and was elected to the Weimar National Assembly as one of the first group of female parliamentarians in Germany. She was re-elected to the Reichstag in 1920 and in elections in May and December 1924,[1] remaining in parliament until the 1928 elections.

She died in Berlin in 1929.

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References
  1. Behm, Margarete Datenbank der deutschen Parlamentsabgeordneten
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