Ellen Ammann

Ellen Aurora Ammann (1 July 1870 - 23 November 1932) was a Swedish born - German politician and activist, representative of the Bavarian People's Party.[1][2] Her cause for sainthood has been opened by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.[3]

Servant of God

Ellen Ammann
Ellen Sundström Ammann
Laywoman
BornEllen Aurora Elisabeth Morgenröte Ammann née Sundström
(1870-07-01)1 July 1870
Stockholm, Sweden
Died23 November 1932(1932-11-23) (aged 62)
Munich, Germany
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
PatronageGerman Catholic Women's Association

Biography

Ellen Sundström was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She was the elder daughter of Carl Rudolf Sundström (1841-1889) and Carolina Sofia Häggström (1849–1943). Her father was an ornithologist and doctor of zoology. Her mother was a journalist and foreign editor with Stockholms-Tidningen. She was the sister of Swedish landscape artist Harriet Sundström (1872–1961) .[4][5] [6]

After graduation, she began training as a physiotherapist. In 1890 Ellen Sundström married German orthopedist Ottmar Ammann (1861–1939) and then moved with her husband to Munich. She worked for Swedish-German women's rights, and was a welfare nurse and pioneer of professional training for social work. A Roman Catholic convert, in 1904 she co-founded the Munich branch of the German Catholic Women's Association. [7]

From 1919 to 1932, she served as a “landtag” deputy for “Bavarian People’s Party”, where she advocated the professionalisation of women's education. In January 1923, together with Anita Augspurg, Lida Gustava Heymann and a delegation of women, Amman called for Austrian born Adolf Hitler to be expelled from Germany. During the Beer Hall Putsch, she and several members of government hastily composed a condemnation of the attempted coup d'état. She continued to oppose National Socialism until her death. Ellen Ammann died in Munich during 1932 in the aftermath of a stroke. She was buried at Alter Südfriedhof.[8]

See also

References
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  3. "1932". Hagiography Circle. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  4. "Sundström, Carl Rudolf". Svenskt porträttgalleri. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
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Other sources
  • Adelheid Schmidt-Thomé (2020) Ellen Ammann: Frauenbewegte Katholikin (Verlag Friedrich Pust) ISBN 9783791761695
  • Gunda Holtmann (2017) Ellen Ammann – Eine intellektuelle Biographie (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co) ISBN 978-3956502705
  • Marianne Neboisa (1992) Ellen Ammann, geb. Sundström 1870-1932. Dokumentation und Interpretation eines diakonischen Frauenlebens. (St. Ottilien) ISBN 978-3880962804
  • Manfred Berger (2002). "Ammann, Ellen Aurora Elisabeth Morgenröte". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). 20. Nordhausen: Bautz. col. 27–34. ISBN 3-88309-091-3.
  • Manfred Berger: Frauen in sozialer Verantwortung: Ellen Ammann. In: Unsere Jugend. 59 2007/H.4, S. 176-179
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