Rosa Neuenschwander (1883-1962) was a

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who was a pioneer in

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and counseling.

Biography

Neuenschwander was born in

Brienz Brienz ( , , ) is a village and municipality on the northern shore of Lake Brienz, at the foot of the Brienzer Rothorn mountain, and in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. Besides the village of Brienz, the municipality includes the sett ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, on 3 April 1883. She became the first vocational counselor in

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. She was instrumental in founding several social projects to benefit women and youths. Neuenschwander organized the first exhibition on women's work in

in 1923, which she expanded into the Swiss Exhibition for Women's Work(SAFFA), in 1928. The most important organizations she founded were the Schweizerische Frauengewerbeverband and the Schweizerische Landfrauenverband or SLFV (Swiss Country Association for Women Suffrage). She died on 20 December 1962 in Bern, Switzerland.

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