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Käte Strobel (23 July 1907 – 26 March 1996) was a German politician of the
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at Deutsches Historisches Museum {{DEFAULTSORT:Strobel, Kate 1907 births 1996 deaths Politicians from Nuremberg Health ministers of Germany Female members of the Bundestag Ministers for children, young people and families Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Women federal government ministers of Germany MEPs for Germany 1958–1979 20th-century women MEPs for Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany MEPs Socialist feminists
Käte Strobel (23 July 1907 – 26 March 1996) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany.
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(SPD).
Born in Nuremberg
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, from 1923 to 1938 Käte Müller worked in the office of agricultural organisations in Bavaria
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. In 1928, she married Hans Strobel, who in 1934 was arrested for planning high treason
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against the Nazis
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. He was released from Dachau concentration camp
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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
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. She also served 27 February 1958 to 26 January 1967 in the European Parliament
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, where she became the leader of the Socialist Group from 1964 to 1967 (to this day, the only female leader other than Pauline Green) and from 1972 to 1978 in the city council of Nuremberg.
In West Germany
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's government, under Kurt Georg Kiesinger
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she led the Department of Health (from 1966 to 1969 Federal Ministry of Health) which from 1969 to 1972, with Willy Brandt
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as chancellor, was expanded to Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.
She promoted sex education
Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including emotional relations and responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduc ...
by having her department publish a ''Sexualkundeatlas'' book and the movie '' Helga'', which depicted all stages of pregnancy. This was considered breaking a taboo.
Her home town Nuremberg made her an honorary citizen in 1980, and named a street near the central station after her.nuernberg.de/ref> She died in Nuremberg at age 88.
Quote
''"Politik ist eine viel zu ernste Sache, als dass man sie allein den Männern überlassen könnte."'' - (Politics is far too serious a matter to be left solely to men.)References
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*at Deutsches Historisches Museum {{DEFAULTSORT:Strobel, Kate 1907 births 1996 deaths Politicians from Nuremberg Health ministers of Germany Female members of the Bundestag Ministers for children, young people and families Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Women federal government ministers of Germany MEPs for Germany 1958–1979 20th-century women MEPs for Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany MEPs Socialist feminists