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50 years Women's suffrage in Germany - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1969 - 20 Pfennig


Theme: Health & Human
CountryGermany / Federal Republic of Germany
Issue Date1969
Face Value20.00 
Colorgreen
PerforationKs 13 3/4: 14
Printing TypeTypography
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number487
Chronological ChapterGER-BRD
SID251077
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Active and passive women's suffrage was demanded for the first time in the French Revolution. Since the mid-nineteenth century, there has been a bitter struggle over the enforcement of women's suffrage, especially in England (suffragettes). The first European countries in which it was fully realized were Finland (1906), Norway (1913), Denmark and Iceland (1915), the Netherlands and the Soviet Union in 1917. German women were given the right to vote and stand for election in 1918 , It was enshrined in the constitution of the Weimar Republic, whose 50th anniversary gave rise to the issue of the memorial sheet. Meanwhile, full women's suffrage is exercised in well over 100 countries around the world. Their numbers increase year by year. In Switzerland z. For example, it has so far only been valid in individual cantons, but in Portugal since 1951 with restrictions. One of the states that has not yet granted women political rights in Europe is Liechtenstein. Portraits of the following politicians are used for the special postage stamps of the commemorative sheet entitled "50 years of women's suffrage": Marie Elisabeth Lüders was born on June 25, 1878 in Berlin. After studying political science, she held various posts in the social field. From 1918 to 1921 she was Director of Studies at the Women's Academy in Düsseldorf. From 1919 to 1932 she was a member of the Weimar National Assembly and the Reichstag as a member of the German Democratic Party. After work and publication ban she came in 1937 in custody of the Secret State Police and the penitentiary. After the war, she worked in Oberammergau and in Berlin, since 1949 as head of social affairs at the magistrate. Since 1953 she was a member of the German Bundestag for the FDP, whose honorary president she was. She was also a long-time president of the German Bundestag. On March 23, 1966 she died in Bonn. The three women are representative in the commemorative sheet for the large number of German women who campaigned for the rights of women.

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Active and passive women's suffrage was demanded for the first time in the French Revolution. Since the mid-nineteenth century, there has been a bitter struggle over the enforcement of women's suffrage, especially in England (suffragettes). The first European countries in which it was fully realized were Finland (1906), Norway (1913), Denmark and Iceland (1915), the Netherlands and the Soviet Union in 1917. German women were given the right to vote and stand for election in 1918 , It was enshrined in the constitution of the Weimar Republic, whose 50th anniversary gave rise to the issue of the memorial sheet. Meanwhile, full women's suffrage is exercised in well over 100 countries around the world. Their numbers increase year by year. In Switzerland z. For example, it has so far only been valid in individual cantons, but in Portugal since 1951 with restrictions. One of the states that has not yet granted women political rights in Europe is Liechtenstein. Portraits of the following politicians are used for the special postage stamps of the commemorative sheet entitled "50 years of women's suffrage": Marie Elisabeth Lüders was born on June 25, 1878 in Berlin. After studying political science, she held various posts in the social field. From 1918 to 1921 she was Director of Studies at the Women's Academy in Düsseldorf. From 1919 to 1932 she was a member of the Weimar National Assembly and the Reichstag as a member of the German Democratic Party. After work and publication ban she came in 1937 in custody of the Secret State Police and the penitentiary. After the war, she worked in Oberammergau and in Berlin, since 1949 as head of social affairs at the magistrate. Since 1953 she was a member of the German Bundestag for the FDP, whose honorary president she was. She was also a long-time president of the German Bundestag. On March 23, 1966 she died in Bonn. The three women are representative in the commemorative sheet for the large number of German women who campaigned for the rights of women..