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Gertrud Spiess (16 April 1914 in Basel – 14 July 1995 in Basel) was a
Gertrud Spiess (16 April 1914 in Basel – 14 July 1995 in Basel) was a Swiss
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politician of the Christian Democratic People's Party. She was a member of the National Council from 1975 to 1983.
Life
Spiess was born in Basel to a mechanic. She studied philology, German and history in Basel and Kiel. Then she made Islamic studies in Basel and Cairo, Egypt and earned a doctor's degree in 1946 with her thesis '' Maḥmūd von Ġazna bei Farīdu’d-dīn ʿAṭṭār'' which was first published in print in 1959. Spiess was a high school teacher of Latin and Ancient Greek. Her life was shaped by her political commitment. She sat in the Citizens' Council of Basel, campaigned for women's suffrage in Switzerland, and joined theGrand Council of Basel
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in 1968. She became the first female '' Statthalter'' of the city of Basel in 1974, and the first female speaker of the Grand Council of the canton of Basel-Stadt
Basel-Stadt or Basel-City (german: Kanton ; rm, Chantun Basilea-Citad; french: Canton de Bâle-Ville; it, Canton Basilea Città) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of three municipalities with Basel as t ...
. Moreover, she was a member of the National Council from 1975 to 1983. Her fields of interest included social and education policy.''Historical Dictionary of Switzerland''
Spiess was single.
See also
*List of members of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of Basel-Stadt
This is a list of members of both houses of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of Basel-Stadt. As one of the cantons defined until 1999 as "half-cantons", Basel-Stadt elects only one member to the Council of States (Switzerland), Council of Stat ...
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spiess, Gertrud 20th-century Swiss women 20th-century Swiss women politicians 20th-century Swiss politicians Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland politicians Women members of the National Council (Switzerland) Politics of Basel-Stadt Swiss suffragists 1914 births 1995 deaths Politicians from Basel-Stadt