12 Facts About Louise Schroeder

Louise Dorothea Schroeder was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany party.

Louise Schroeder was among the 41 female members of the Weimar National Assembly, the Constituent Assembly of the Weimar Republic and subsequently remained a member of the Reichstag until 1933.

Louise Schroeder's father, an early participant in Socialist politics, was a construction worker; her mother worked in a vegetable shop.

Louise Schroeder had a significant part in the establishment of the Arbeiterwohlfahrt and from 1925 worked as a lecturer in its school in Berlin.

Louise Schroeder held a teaching position at the German University of Politics, now the Otto-Suhr-Institut fur Politikwissenschaft until she was disqualified by the Nazis.

In 1948 Louise Schroeder belonged to the foundation committee of the Freie Universitat Berlin.

Louise Schroeder was engaged in the Socialist labour movement from early on and joined the SPD party in 1910, where she dedicated herself to social policy and equal rights for women.

From 1919 she was one of the youngest members of the national assembly of the Weimar Republic and with the introduction of the female right to vote, Louise Schroeder became its first female member.

Louise Schroeder held this position until the Nazis seized power in 1933.

Consequently, Louise Schroeder became acting mayor from 8 May 1947 until 7 December 1948, after which she became mayor of West Berlin until 18 January 1951.

Louise Schroeder is the first woman that hold this position in Berlin.

Louise Schroeder was awarded the Great Cross of Merit with Star and Shoulder Ribbon of the Bundesverdienstkreuz.