List of Famous people born in Tecklenburg, Germany

Marie Torhorst

First Name Marie

Last Name Torhorst

Born on December 28, 1888

Died on May 7, 1989 (aged 100)

Born in Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Tecklenburg

Marie Torhorst was a German school teacher and political activist who became an East German politician. She served as Minister for People's Education in the state of Thuringia between 1947 and 1950. Some sources identify her as "the first-ever female minister in the history of Germany". Others are content to record that, within Germany, she was the first-ever female minister in the state of Thuringia.

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