Maria Hagemeyer

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Maria Hagemeyer
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The grave of Maria Hagemeyer
Judge
In office
1927–1933
Personal details
NationalityGerman
OccupationLawyer, Judge
Known forFirst woman judge in Germany

Maria Hagemeyer was the first woman to become a judge in Germany. [1] In 1924 she was appointed as an Assessor in Prussia, and in 1927 she was appointed as a judge for the district court of Bonn. [2] [3] She was promoted to a lifelong position in 1928. [2] However, the Nazis dismissed all women judges in 1933. [3]

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Early life and carreer

Hagemeyer came from a Rhineland family of jurists and theologians. After completing her secondary education (Abitur), she enrolled in law at the University of Bonn in 1916 and began work on her doctoral dissertation three years later. [4]

On 1 May 1933, Hagemeyer joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP), receiving membership number 2,137,375. [5] Later she also became a member of the National Socialist Association of Legal Professionals. [6] [7]

At least one radio lecture by Hagemeyer is documented. On 30 November 1932 she delivered a talk entitled Frau und Recht. Wann wird eine Ehe geschieden? (Woman and Law: When Is a Marriage Dissolved?). [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Eva Schandevyl (17 February 2016). Women in Law and Lawmaking in Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Europe. Routledge. pp. 91–. ISBN   978-1-134-77506-4.
  2. 1 2 Ulrike Schultz; Gisela Shaw (18 July 2014). Gender and Judging. A&C Black. pp. 112–. ISBN   978-1-78225-111-8.
  3. 1 2 Buchanan, Kelly (6 March 2015). "Women in History: Lawyers and Judges | In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress". Blogs.loc.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. ↑ "ZeitZeichen – April 17, 1896: Judge Maria Hagemeyer is born". WDR (in German). 2021-04-09. Retrieved 2021-04-17.
  5. ↑ NSDAP Membership Files (in German). German Federal Archives. R 9361-IX KARTEI/13040523.
  6. ↑ Röwekamp, Marion (2005). Juristinnen (in German). Baden-Baden: Nomos. pp. 123–124. ISBN   3-8329-1597-4.
  7. ↑ Giesler, Susanne (2010). "Book review: Marion Röwekamp, Juristinnen" (PDF). Streit – Feminist Legal Journal (in German). 28 (1): 44.
  8. ↑ "Woman and Law. District Court Judge Dr. Maria Hagemeyer: When Is a Marriage Divorced?". Reichsarbeitsblatt (in German). 1932-11-25 – via ANNO.


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