- Käte Strobel
Käte Strobel (
23 July 1907 —26 March 1996 ) was a German politician of theSocial Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).Born in
Nuremberg , from 1923 to 1938 Käte Müller worked in the office of agricultural organisations inBavaria . In 1928, she married Hans Strobel, who in 1934 was arrested for planninghigh treason against the Nazis. He was released fromDachau concentration camp in 1937.Käte Strobel joined the SPD in 1925, being part of the party's leadership from 1958 to 1971 while from 1949 to 1972 being a member of the German
Bundestag . She also served27 February 1958 to26 January 1967 in theEuropean Parliament , and from 1972 to 1978 in the city council of Nuremberg.In
West Germany 's government, underKurt Georg Kiesinger she led the Department of Health (from 1966 to 1969 Federal Ministry of Health) which from 1969 to 1972, withWilly Brandt as chancellor, was expanded to Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.She promoted
sex education by having her department publish a "Sexualkundeatlas" book and the movie "Helga " which depicted all stages of pregnancy. This was considered breaking a taboo. ["Als Bundesministerin brach Käte Strobel ein Tabu, indem sie das der Privatsphäre zugeordnete sexuelle Verhalten in die politische Öffentlichkeit trug." [http://www.politeia.uni-bonn.de/biographien/strobel/strobel.html uni-bonn.de] ]Her home town Nuremberg made her an honorary citizen in 1980, and named a street near the central station after her. [ [http://www.nuernberg.de/internet/portal/buerger/strobel.html nuernberg.de] ] She died in Nuremberg at age 88.
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"Politik ist eine viel zu ernste Sache, als dass man sie allein den Männern überlassen könnte." [ [http://www.nuernberg.de/internet/portal/buerger/strobel.html nuernberg.de] ] [ [http://www.politeia.uni-bonn.de/biographien/strobel/strobel.html uni-bonn.de] ] - (Politics is far too serious a matter to be left solely to men.)
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* [http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/StrobelKaete/index.html bio] atDeutsches Historisches Museum
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