Olga Körner

Olga Körner (born Olga Schubert: 3 June 1887 – 22 December 1969) was a German political activist and a co-founder of the proletarian women's movement in Dresden. Between 1930 and 1933 she sat as a member of the national parliament ("Reichstag").

Life Early years Olga Schubert was born into a working-class family in Rübenau (now part of Marienberg), a village on the German frontier with Bohemia, to the south of Dresden. From 1901 until 1903 she worked in domestic service. Between 1903 and 1909 she worked in the flowers and textiles sectors. In 1907 she relocated to what is today the Dresden quarter of Dobritz. She married Theodor Körner the next year. By 1920 she had also trained for work as a seamstress and cook.

She died on 22 December 1969 at the age of 82. After her death, a secondary school in Dresden was named after her in 1974, and her bronze bust was unveiled in front of a retirement home in Dresden-Zschertnitz in 1978.