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Inge Donnepp

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Inge Donnepp (13 December 1918 – 31 July 2002)[1] was a German lawyer and politician (SPD).[2] She was the first woman minister of Justice of a German state.[3][4] Because of her political commitment, she was called in the SPD also "mother Courage of the Ruhr area".[5]

Early life and education

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Donnepp was born in Unna. She studied New Philology at the University of Heidelberg. She attended law school at Rostock and Berlin, receiving her degree in 1947.[1] She worked as a lawyer from 1947 until 1954. She became a judge at the end of 1954, at the social courts of Münster and Gelsenkirchen.[1]

Death

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She died in Recklinghausen.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Inge Donnepp – Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Inge Donnepp".
  3. ^ "Detailed view of MEP Inge Donnepp". Archived from the original on 27 February 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  4. ^ Germany (West). Federal Council (1983). Negotiations of the Bundesrat: Stenographic Reports, Issues 519–530. p. 463.
  5. ^ "Mutter Courage des Ruhrgebiets kämpfte für die Gleichberechtigung". 10 December 2018.