Maria Schneider (politician)
Schneider had already served as a "community representative" from 1949 till 1953, and in 1957 she became a local councilor for the Bautzen district.   In 1967 she moved into national politics, sitting as a representative of the  Trades Union Federation (FDGB) in the National Legislature (Volkskammer), where she continued to sit till 1976.