# Heidemarie Dann

> Heidemarie Dann has served as a German teacher and politician, and has been active in the anti-nuclear, anti-war, environmental, and women's rights movements. She was a co-founder of the first women's shelter in Hanover and was one of the members of the first all-woman party directorates in Germany, when the West German Green Party elected six women to head the party in 1984. Rotated into the Bundestag in 1985, she worked on legislation to modify the divorce laws and to establish policies for the use of genetic technology. Dann opposed the modifications to the divorce laws because they would disadvantage women. She also opposed the use of genetic technology and in an unusual move, voted against the commission studying genetic technology's conclusions endorsing the use of biotechnology. She wrote a formal dissent, which was part of the published record. After her two-year term in office, Dann returned to activism. She was one of the subjects of a 2021 film, Die Unbeugsameng about the struggles of women who challenged the stereotype that women and power were incompatible by becoming politicians in the period before German reunification.

*German politician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1950
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Heidemarie Dann has served as a German teacher and politician, and has been active in the anti-nuclear, anti-war, environmental, and women's rights movements. She was a co-founder of the first women's shelter in Hanover and was one of the members of the first all-woman party directorates in Germany, when the West German Green Party elected six women to head the party in 1984. Rotated into the Bundestag in 1985, she worked on legislation to modify the divorce laws and to establish policies for the use of genetic technology. Dann opposed the modifications to the divorce laws because they would disadvantage women. She also opposed the use of genetic technology and in an unusual move, voted against the commission studying genetic technology's conclusions endorsing the use of biotechnology. She wrote a formal dissent, which was part of the published record. After her two-year term in office, Dann returned to activism. She was one of the subjects of a 2021 film, Die Unbeugsameng about the struggles of women who challenged the stereotype that women and power were incompatible by becoming politicians in the period before German reunification.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 28.9
- **Momentum:** 15.0

## Sources
- [Heidemarie Dann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidemarie_Dann)
- [Heidemarie Dann](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidemarie_Dann)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1594097)

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