Munk, Marie, 1885-1978

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1885-07-04

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Marie Munk was born in Berlin (then Prussia) on July 4, 1885. She graduated from Kaiserin Augusta Gymnasium and received her Doctor of Laws degree from Heidelberg University in 1911. Having passed the two necessary bar exams in 1920 and 1924, Munk began work with the Prussian Ministry of Justice. In 1925 she became the first woman admitted to practice law in Berlin and was appointed District Court Judge in 1929. Because she was of Jewish descent, by Nazi law she was dismissed in 1933. Munk first visited the United States in 1933 at the invitation of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women as a delegate to the International Congress of Women in Chicago. She returned in 1934, having secured a position at the New York School for Delinquent Girls. In 1943 Munk was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar. She went on to work as a marriage counselor for the Court of Common Pleas in Toledo, Ohio, then settled permanently in Cambridge, Massachusetts i

From the guide to the Marie Munk Papers MS 111., 1901-1976, (Sophia Smith Collection)

Lawyer; Judge; Marriage counselor.

Marie Munk was born in Berlin (then Prussia) in 1885. She graduated from Kaiserin Augusta Gymnasium and received her Doctor of Laws degree from Heidelberg University in 1911. Having passed the 2 bar exams in 1920 and 1924, Munk began work with the Prussian Ministry of Justice. In 1925 she became the first woman admitted to practice law in Berlin and was appointed District Court Judge in 1929. Because she was of Jewish descent, she was dismissed in 1933 by Nazi law. Munk first visited the United States in 1933 and returned in 1934 having secured a position at the New York School for Delinquent Girls. In 1943 she was admitted to the Massachusetts bar. She worked as a marriage counselor for the Court of Common Pleas in Toledo, Ohio, then settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1945. Munk died in 1978.

From the description of Papers, 1901-1976. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 49302625

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Female juvenile delinquents

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