Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Boltzmannstraße 22
14195 Berlin
E-mail: coertzen@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
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 |