Anna von Segesser

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Anna von Segesser von Brunegg (born April 10, 1887 in Lucerne ; † January 9, 1973 in Küssnacht ) was a Swiss nurse and editor .

Life

Anna von Segesser was the daughter of Karl Ulrich von Segesser , captain and his wife Josefa, nee. Schwytzer from Buonas. Her sister was the writer Agnes von Segesser (1884–1964), and she was the granddaughter of the historian Philipp Anton von Segesser and the cousin of Ludwig Segesser (1879–1942), President of the Federal Insurance Court .

Anna von Segesser trained as a nurse from 1911 to 1915 at the nursing school in Zurich, which had opened in March 1901. She then got a job as head nurse at the Winterthur Cantonal Hospital .

From 1928 to 1945 she was the head of the X-ray department of the nursing school in Zurich and editor of the school paper. In 1945 she took over the editing of the Blätter für Krankenpflege and remained in this position until 1958.

Anna von Segesser was unmarried.

Act

Anna von Segesser was very active in the professional associations and advocated the improvement of nursing and the working conditions of the nursing staff.

She was active as a writer and published some historical writings and biographies as well as texts on nursing.

Fonts (selection)

  • The current shortage of nurses and suggestions for remedying it: Presentation given on Cantonal Women's Day, October 19, 1930 in Zurich . Zurich: Gebr. Leemann & Co., 1930.
  • Anna von Segesser; Sophie Fischer: When someone is sick . Bern: Rotkreuz-Verlag, 1933.
  • Eifach kei Platz: Sequence of images in 4 elevators from Switzerland's past: Nursing school with hospital in Zurich for the opening ceremony of the major renovations and new buildings in September 1936 . 1936.
  • Superior General Sister Maria Theresia Scherer 1825–1888: the life picture of an important Swiss woman . Lucerne: Räber & Cie, 1939.
  • On the practical use of X-rays . 1945.
  • From the history of the Swiss woman in nursing . Zurich, 1945.
  • Thirty years of medical service in Zurich's hospitals . Lucerne, Stocker 1945.
  • Dr. med. Anna Heer , 1863-1918, co-founder and first head physician of the Swiss Nursing School in Zurich . Zurich, Schulthess, 1948.
  • The Swiss Nursing Association from its foundation in 1911 to 1930 . Switzerland 1951.

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personal data
SURNAME Segesser, Anna von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Segesser von Brunegg, Anna von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss nurse and editor
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1973
Place of death Küssnacht