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Jun 29, 1856 Sovetsk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia Died on 25 Dec 1923 (aged 67)
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About Margarete Poehlmann
- Viktoria Margarete Poehlmann (29 June 1856 – 25 December 1923) was a German educator and politician. Poehlmann was born in Tilsit, present-day Sovetsk (Russia), in the Prussian province of East Prussia.
- She became a teacher, founding a private school for girls in 1888, which she led as headmistress until 1920.
- She was a prominent figure in the German Women's Movement during the German Empire.
- She led the East Prussian federation of Women's Associations.
- At the end of World War I, she joined the German People's Party (Deutsche Volkspartei, or DVP).
- In the elections for the Prussian Constitutional Convention, the first time women were allowed to vote, she gained a seat in parliament.
- She retained her seat in 1921 and was a member of the Prussian Landtag until her death in 1923.
