Amélie Moser

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Memorial plaque for Amélie Moser at the Gasthaus zum Kreuz in Herzogenbuchsee

Amélie Moser-Moser (born June 20, 1839 in Herzogenbuchsee ; † March 25, 1925 there ; reformed , entitled to live in Herzogenbuchsee) was a Swiss social politician and a champion of public health and education.

Life

Amélie Moser was born on June 20, 1839 in Herzogenbuchsee into a wealthy family. She was the daughter of the farmer and entrepreneur Samuel Friedrich Moser and the Verena Amalia born Gugelmann. Her brothers were the politician Emil Moser and the railway engineer Robert Moser . In 1868 Amélie Moser married the merchant Albert Moser and moved with him to India .

After the early death of her husband in 1870, who fell ill with tropical fever in Batavia, Indonesia , she returned to Herzogenbuchsee, where she devoted herself to charitable work and the promotion of cultural life. Also in 1870, when the Franco-German War broke out, she founded the Herzogenbuchsee women's association , which she presided over until 1925. The women's association was involved in poor relief . Moser's pioneering achievement was the founding of the first alcohol-free community room in Switzerland, which was opened in 1891 in the “Gasthof zum Kreuz” in Herzogenbuchsee. Cooking and sewing courses were also offered in this alcohol-free inn and a housekeeping school gradually developed.

Moser was also a champion for women's rights and donated a hospital and the village fountain in Herzogenbuchsee. Albert Schweitzer was her guest around 1920 and stayed in correspondence with her.

Amélie Moser died on March 25, 1925, three months before the age of 86 in Herzogenbuchsee.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Volker Klimpel : Amélie Moser , in: Hubert Kolling (Hrsg.): Biographical lexicon for nursing history "Who was who in nursing history" , Vol. 4 Urban & Fischer Munich a. Jena (Elsevier) 2008, pp. 207 + 208.
  2. ^ Antonius Lux (ed.): Great women of world history. A thousand biographies in words and pictures . Sebastian Lux Verlag , Munich 1963, p. 349

literature

  • Max Haller et al .: In memory of Amelie Moser-Moser, 1839–1925. F. Staub, Herzogenbuchsee 1925.
  • Amy Moser (ed.): Amelie Moser-Moser (1839-1925): Life and Work. Francke, Bern 1946.
  • Barbara Traber : Bernese women. Wyss, Bern 1980, ISBN 3-7285-0028-3 , pp. 63-68.

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personal data
SURNAME Moser, Amélie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moser-Moser, Amélie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss social politician and campaigner for public health and public education
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Herzogenbuchsee
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1925
Place of death Herzogenbuchsee