Dr. Johanna Hinrichsen

Title: Dr.
Prename: Johanna
Surname: Hinrichsen
Children: Peter (born 1934)
Education: University studies (economics); doctorate
Career: Until May 1933 secretary of the board, German Federation of University Women (DAB); 1939 emigrates to Britain, approaches the British Federation of University Women (BFUW), Croydon branch, with a letter of recommendation from Marie-Elisabeth Lüders and Agnes von Zahn-Harnack; until 1943 domestic worker, frequent changes in employment; 1943–46 secretary at the BBC; from 1946 warden at various boarding schools; 1955–60 warden at a teacher training camp near York; BFUW pays boarding school fees for her son Peter, who goes on to study physics in Manchester