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Gertrud Haldimann
Gertrud Haldimann-Weiss (1907–2001), was a Swiss opponent of women's suffrage in Switzerland. Haldimann was born as a daughter of a tinsmith and after her graduation from high school she studied pharmacy at the University of Bern graduating in 1931. Haldimann was the co-founder of the ''Frauenkomitees gegen die Einführung des Frauenstimmrechts in der Schweiz'' (English: Women's Committee against the introduction of women's suffrage in Switzerland) in 1958. The committee eventually established the ''Federation of Swiss women against women's suffrage, Bund der Schweizerinnen gegen das Frauenstimmrecht'' (English: Federation of Swiss women against women's suffrage) in 1959 of which she was the first chairperson until 1967. Comparing Switzerland to other European countries in which women were allowed to vote, she defended the direct democracy of Switzerland and deemed the women's suffrage as impossible to coexist with it. In 1967 she resigned from the federation's presidency, with I ...
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Women's Suffrage In Switzerland
Women in Switzerland gained the right to vote in federal elections after a referendum in February 1971. The first federal vote in which women were able to participate was the 31 October 1971 election of the Federal Assembly. However it was not until a 1990 decision by the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland that women gained full voting rights in the final Swiss canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. An earlier referendum on women's suffrage was held on 1 February 1959 and was rejected by the majority (67%) of Switzerland's men. Despite this, in some French-speaking cantons women obtained the right to vote in cantonal referendums. The first Swiss woman to hold political office, Trudy Späth-Schweizer, was elected to the municipal government of Riehen in 1958. Swiss political system and universal suffrage The principal reason for the delay of the Swiss relative to the other European countries was the importance of direct democracy in the political system. The introduction of feder ...
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University Of Bern
The University of Bern (german: Universität Bern, french: Université de Berne, la, Universitas Bernensis) is a university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern and was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the Canton of Bern. It is a comprehensive university offering a broad choice of courses and programs in eight faculty (division), faculties and some 150 institutes. With around 18,576 students, the University of Bern is the third largest university in Switzerland. Organization The University of Bern operates at three levels: university, faculties and institutes. Other organizational units include interfaculty and general university units. The university's highest governing body is the Senate, which is responsible for issuing statutes, rules and regulations. Directly answerable to the Senate is the University Board of Directors, the governing body for university management and coordination. The board comprises the rector, the vice-rectors and the administrati ...
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Federation Of Swiss Women Against Women's Suffrage
The Federation of Swiss Women Against Women's Suffrage was founded in 1959 after in a referendum of 1959 in which the Swiss men voted not to grant women the right to vote. It aimed to prevent women from receiving the right to vote. Its first president was Gertrud Haldimann, Ida Monn-Krieger succeeded her in 1967. It disestablished itself after in a referendum of 1971, women's suffrage was approved. Background Over twenty cantonal referenda on women's suffrage were held between 1919 and 1959 and each time women were denied their voting rights by the men who had the right to vote. In 1957, the all-male Federal Council (The Swiss Government) began to support women suffrage, but recalled women were not disadvantaged in Swiss society. In view of a referendum on women's suffrage in 1959, a group of anti-suffragists convened in Lucerne in June 1958 and founded a "Committee for action against women's suffrage" under the lead of Josefine Steffen-Zehnder.Furter, Daniel A.(2003).pp.25†...
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung
The ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung'' (''NZZ''; "New Journal of Zürich") is a Swiss, German-language daily newspaper, published by NZZ Mediengruppe in Zürich. The paper was founded in 1780. It was described as having a reputation as a high-quality newspaper, as the Swiss-German newspaper of record, and for objective and detailed reports on international affairs. History and profile One of the oldest newspapers still published, it originally appeared as ''Zürcher Zeitung'', edited by the Swiss painter and poet Salomon Gessner, on 12 January 1780, and was renamed as ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung'' in 1821. According to Peter K. Buse and Jürgen C. Doerr many prestige German language newspapers followed its example because it set "standards through an objective, in-depth treatment of subject matter, eloquent commentary, an extensive section on entertainment, and one on advertising." Aside from the switch from its blackletter typeface in 1946, the newspaper has changed little since the 19 ...
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Ida Monn-Krieger
Ida Monn-Krieger (1916 – 1970) was a Swiss anti-Suffragette and president of the Federation of Swiss women against women's suffrage The Federation of Swiss Women Against Women's Suffrage was founded in 1959 after in a referendum of 1959 in which the Swiss men voted not to grant women the right to vote. It aimed to prevent women from receiving the right to vote. Its first presi .... Early life and education Ida Monn-Krieger was born in Wolhusen in Canton Lucerne in 1916. She attended high school in Lucerne from which she graduated with a Matura. She then studied for half a year at the housekeeping school in Neuchatel and another half a year at the social women school in Lucerne. In 1937 she married Anton Monn, an educator and banker. Anti-Suffraggete In hindsight of a referendum on women's voting rights in 1959, the Committee of Swiss Women against women's suffrage was founded in 1958. Out of this committee, a Federation of Swiss women against women's suffrage was esta ...
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Trudi Gerster
Trudi Gerster (6September 191927April 2013) was a Swiss actress, fairy tale narrator and politician. Education and early life Prior to attending school, Gerster was already well-educated and literate. As a student, she entertained her classmates by narrating her favourite fairy tales. Following her graduation from the gymnasium, she performed in several plays, singing and acting, while taking rhetoric lessons in Zurich. Around this time, she had been offered an education in Berlin, but her father did not support the idea of Gerster studying in Germany due to the growing influence of Nazism. In 1939, she was employed as a fairy tale narrator at the Nestlé Children's Paradise of the . Her performance received wide acclaim, and in the following year she was employed by the National Swiss radio station SR DRS. Professional career While working as a fairy tale narrator, Gerster made extensive use of the LP recorda new medium at the time. She learnt new techniques so that she c ...
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Grand Council Of Basel-Stadt
The Grand Council of Basel-Stadt (german: Grosser Rat) is the legislature of the canton of Basel-Stadt, in Switzerland. Basel-Stadt has a unicameral legislature. The Grand Council has 100 seats, with members elected every four years. Members of the canton's executive, the Executive Council, are elected on the same day. At the 2008 election, held on 14 September 2008, the Social Democratic Party fared badly, but retained its dominant position, with more than twice as many seats as the next-largest party, the Swiss People's Party (SVP). The legislature was reduced from 130 seats to 100, making all existing parties to lose ground. However, the SVP and Green Party both did relatively well, as did the new centrist Green Liberal Party, which won five seats. At the 2012 election, held on 28 October 2012, the Volksaktion, a populist anti-immigration party, was able to win two seats, while the Evangelical People's Party lost all but one of their seats. At the 2016 election, held on ...
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1907 Births
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2001 Deaths
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Swiss Activists
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Swiss Women Activists
Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss International Air Lines ** Swiss Global Air Lines, a subsidiary * Swissair, former national air line of Switzerland *.swiss alternative TLD for Switzerland See also * Swiss made, label for Swiss products * Swiss cheese (other) * Switzerland (other) *Languages of Switzerland, none of which are called "Swiss" *International Typographic Style, also known as Swiss Style, in graphic design *Schweizer (other), meaning Swiss in German *Schweitzer, a family name meaning Swiss in German *Swisse Swisse is a vitamin, supplement, and skincare brand. Founded in Australia in 1969 and globally headquartered in Melbourne, and was sold to Health & Happiness, a Chinese company based in Hong Kong previously known as Biostime Internatio ...
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