Zita Zehner (November 8, 1900 in Rannungen at Schweinfurt, Germany – September 10, 1978 in Munich) was a radio host, home economist, entrepreneur, resolute anti-Nazi, and German politician.
[1][2] Zehner was a native of Franconia who moved to Munich in 1927 where she hosted a Ministry of Agriculture radio broadcast on home economics themes.
In 1935, she was arrested by the Nazis who accused her of making anti-Nazi statements at a meeting of housewives to discuss cooking and household problems.
After her release, her Nazi neighbors harassed and threatened to kill her forcing her to move to a distant part of Munich where she later set up a small noodle factory.
On August 8, 1945, following the German defeat, Zehner was appointed by the American Military Government to the reconstituted Munich City Council as its only woman member.