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Sophie Behr

Sophie Behr née  Sophie Elisabeth von Behr-Negendanck; (1935-01-07)January 7, 1935, in Neubrandenburg(2015-02-21)February 21, 2015) was a German feminist journalist and author of practical life books and novels that combine motherhood and feminist science fiction.

Sophie Behr was the daughter of Gertrude née von Rumohr (1908-1994) and Hans Jasper von Behr-Negendanck (1901-1944), a Mecklenburg landowner and retired reserve lieutenant. She grew up in her father's manor house in Neverin, near Neubrandenburg. Her family was expropriated in 1945 and fled to Schleswig-Holstein. After graduating from the Ostsee-Gymnasium Timmendorfer Strand, she studied English, Spanish, psychology and sociology.

She was a journalist for Der Spiegel for 16 years and chief correspondent for Munich and then Berlin, before working as a freelance journalist for Emma, radio and the feminist press[.

Behr was also co-founder of the Association of Single Mothers and Fathers (originally called the Association of Single Mothers (Verbandes alleinerziehender Mütter und Väter)), of which she was president from 1977 to 1981[1]. From 1984 until her death, she lived in Ruhstorf an der Rott in Lower Bavaria, at the Barhof near Hader, which she also transformed into a memorial to the 90 children of forced labourers murdered there in 1944-1945.

Björn Engholm included him in his government team for the 1983 regional elections in Schleswig-Holstein [de; es; fr].

In 1997 she wrote Ida & Laura. Once more with feeling, a feminist science fiction novel.

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