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Line 25: == Early life and education == Mies was born in [[Hillesheim, Rhineland-Palatinate\|Hillesheim]], Germany, on 6 February 1931 to Johann and Gertrud Mies.<ref name="Bauer">{{cite web \|last=Schuster \|first=Stefan \|title=Maria Mies \|url=https://www.fritz-bauer-forum.de/datenbank/maria-mies/ \|access-date=17 May 2023 \|website=fritz-bauer-forum.de \|publisher=Buxus Stiftung \|date=2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308090021/https://www.fritz-bauer-forum.de/datenbank/maria-mies/ \|archive-date=8 March 2023 \|location=Bochum, Germany \|language=de \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Franken">{{cite web \|last=Franken \|first=Irene \|title=Maria Mies \|url=https://www.frauengeschichtsverein.de/start-und-news/frau-des-monats-2021/februar-2021/ \|access-date=19 May 2023 \|website=frauengeschichtsverein.de \|publisher=Kölner Frauengeschichtsverein e.V. \|date=2021 \|location=Cologne, Germany \|language=de \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516163104/https://www.frauengeschichtsverein.de/start-und-news/frau-des-monats-2021/februar-2021/ \|archive-date=16 May 2023 \|url-status=live}}</ref> She came from a rural background, growing up in a family of farmers in [[Steffeln\|Auel]], a village in the [[Vulkaneifel]] region<ref name="Bauer" /> of ~~Prussia,~~the Prussian Rhine Province (now in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]]).<ref name="Bauer"/><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Lutz \|first1=Herbert \|last2=Lorenz \|first2=Volker \|title=Early Volcanological Research in the Vulkaneifel, Germany, the Classic Region of Maar–Diatreme Volcanoes: The Years 1774–1865 \|journal=[[Bulletin of Volcanology]] \|date=August 2013 \|volume=75 \|pages=743–758 \|doi=10.1007/s00445-013-0743-0 \|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00445-013-0743-0 \|access-date=1 July 2023 \|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] for the[[International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior]] \|location=Berlin, Germany \|issn=0258-8900 \|oclc=5659170779}}</ref>{{rp\|747}} She was the seventh of twelve children,<ref name="Franken" /> who all worked in the fields while they were pupils at the local school with only one classroom. Her mother's temperament was optimistic, but her father was a patriarchal figure and caused fear for the family members with his anger. They were raised as Catholic.<ref name="Bauer" /> She was the first student from her village to complete secondary school,<ref name="Franken" /><ref name="Spiegel" /> which she attended in [[Gerolstein]], while boarding with a family friend. She then started at the Regino-Gymnasium in [[Prüm]], but the school was closed in September 1944 because of the [[World War II\|war]].<ref name="Bauer" /> From 1947, she trained in [[Trier]] where she earned her [[abitur]] and then enrolled at the Pedagogical Academy in [[Koblenz]] to become a primary school teacher. In order to attend courses free of charge, she had to agree to teach for five years. After two years of study, she was assigned to primary schools in Auel and later in [[Worms, Germany\|Worms]]. In 1950, Mies met a Pakistani Muslim tourist who was travelling in Germany. Zulfiquar would have a profound influence on her life, as their relationship developed into a romance. Rejecting his proposal of marriage on the basis of their incompatible religions, led her to serious study of religious doctrines and patriarchy.<ref name="Bauer" /> She chose to remain single for many years in order to maintain her independence.<ref name="Mengel" /> In 1955, she asked for a new placement and was sent to Trier, where she taught and also studied English. Mies passed her secondary teacher's examination in 1962 and was assigned to teach English and German in [[Morbach]]. Unwilling to be a secondary school teacher, she applied to the [[Goethe-Institut\|Goethe Institute]] and asked for a placement in Asia or the [[Middle East]].<ref name="Bauer" />

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