Freda Wuesthoff
Freda Wuesthoff | |
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| Born | Freda Anna Lina Eugenie Hoffmann May 16, 1896 |
| Died | November 5, 1956 |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation(s) | Patent attorney, pacifist |
Freda Wuesthoff (born Freda Anna Lina Eugenie Hoffmann; 16 May 1896 in Leipzig;[1] died 5 November 1956 in Munich) was a German patent attorney and pacifist. She was one of the co-founders of the organised peace movement in Germany.
Life
Freda Hofmann came from a middle-class family and graduated from high school in 1914. She then studied
plant variety protection
.
During the
Marie Elisabeth Lüders, Gertrud Bäumer and Theanolte Bähnisch. The latter founded the German Women's Ring
in 1949, in which Wuesthoff played a responsible role, first as head of the "Peace Commission", then as its official advisor for nuclear issues. In this capacity, she was a member of the Federal Government's Radiation Protection Commission until the end. In addition, Freda Wuesthoff was also active in her profession again, including in various commissions for industrial property protection.
Freda Wuesthoff died on 5 November 1956 in Munich of an embolism as a result of a severe arm fracture. She is buried in the Bogenhausen Cemetery.
Writings
- 1957: Atomenergie und Frieden (with Franz Wuesthoff)
- 1957: Es ist keine Zeit mehr zu verlieren (with O. Maier)
- 1958: Wir haben die Wahl (with Franz Wuesthoff)
Honours
The Freda-Wuesthoff-Weg in München-Bogenhausen is named after Freda Wuesthoff. Also in Freiburg im Breisgau there is the Freda-Wuesthoff-Weg named after her and the Freda-Wuesthoff-Straße in Lemgo.
Literature
- Freda Herzfeld-Hoffmann (= Freda Wuesthoff): Frauen als Patentanwälte. In: Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte, 1930, pp. 232-233
- Günther Berthold: Freda Wuesthoff, eine Faszination. Herder, 1984. ISBN 3-451-08018-4
- Marion Röwekamp: Freda Wuesthoff (1896-1954). In: Simon Apel et al. (eds.): Biographisches Handbuch des Geistigen Eigentums, Verlag: Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-16-154999-1, pp. 279-282.
References
- ^ Geburtsregister Standesamt Leipzig, Nr. 2129/1896
- ^ Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff: Geschichte
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