Helene-Charlotte (Lenelotte) von Bothmer née Wepfer (27 October 1915, Bremen – 19 June 1997, Isernhagen near Hanover), was a German politician (SPD) and writer.
After the war she worked as an interpreter for the military government in the British sector and as a museum teacher for the city of Hanover.
On 14 October 1970, she caused a scandal because she was the first woman to give a speech in the Bundestag in a trouser suit.
[2] Prior to this, the vice-president of the Bundestag Richard Jaeger (CSU) had stated that he would not allow any woman to enter the plenary in trousers, let alone step up to the lectern.
At the Writers' Congress in Berlin (14/15 May 1986), she was elected to the Federal Executive Committee of the Verband deutscher Schriftsteller (VS), now part of ver.di, and held this office until September 1987.