She was a member of the German Bundestag from 1949 until her death. In 1949, 1953 and 1957 she won the direct mandate in the electoral district of Hagen, in 1961 she entered parliament via the state list of the CDU North Rhine-Westphalia. From 14 April 1964 until her death she was deputy leader of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group.
