Marie Baum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marie Baum

German politician

Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1874

Place of Birth: Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 08-Aug-1964

Profession: politician, chemist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Marie Baum (23 March 1874– 8 August 1964), was a German politician of the German Democratic Party (DDP) and social activist.
She was one of the first female members of the Weimar National Assembly.
She was a pioneer within German welfare and workers security. Marie Baum was born in Danzig, West Prussia, German Empire (Gdansk, Poland).
She studied chemistry at the University of Zürich, where she met Ricarda Huch.
From 1897 to 1899 she worked at the ETH Zürich, afterwards she moved to Berlin, where she started to engage in politics and social welfare in 1902.
In 1919, representing the German Democratic Party, she was elected a member of the Weimar National Assembly for Schleswig-Holstein.