Elly Heuss-Knapp

Elly Heuss
First Lady of Germany
In role
12 September 1949 – 12 September 1959
PresidentTheodor Heuss
Preceded byIngeborg Dönitz
Succeeded byWilhelmine Lübke

Elisabeth Eleonore Anna Justine Heuss-Knapp (née Knapp; 25 January 1882 – 19 July 1952) was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP), social reformer, author and wife of German president Theodor Heuss. She was the founder of the Müttergenesungswerk charitable organisation, officially called Elly Heuss-Knapp Foundation in her honour.

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