[1][2][3] Born in Glöwen in the municipality of Plattenburg on 10 January 1945,[4] Gesine Spieß studied educational science at the University of Düsseldorf.
In 1994, she was appointed professor at the Erfurt University of Applied Sciences where she specialized in gender studies.
[1] From 1986 to 1989, she served as spokeswoman for the federal working group of municipal women's representatives.
She is also remembered for establishing the women's trade fair in collaboration with Messe Düsseldorf in 1991 at which representatives of companies, politics and culture discussed equality issues together.
[6] In 2000, promoting gender equality, Spieß prepared an extensive report on Frauen in Führungspositionen (Women in Management) for the Association of German Cities.