Anneliese Rüegg

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Anneliese Rüegg (born April 9, 1879 in Uster , † May 2, 1934 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss communist .

Life

Anneliese Rüegg, the second oldest child of a lathe operator and a factory worker, began working in a spinning mill at the age of 14, but switched to the hospitality industry two years later. She worked in various restaurants and hotels in Switzerland. In 1896 she traveled with the money they had earned in Uster with serving in the French-speaking Switzerland , so in French-speaking Switzerland, where she worked as a maid in a pension. In 1897 she took a well-paid job as a waitress in Lugano . Around 1898 she worked as a sewing girl in Liverpool, and a little later, around 1900, in Venice, San Remo, Baden-Baden and Basel again in her old position. In 1902 she worked as an educator. In 1902 she traveled back to Switzerland and worked in hotels in various locations across Switzerland. In 1911 she traveled to Oran , where a friend had found her a seasonal job. In 1912 she began an apprenticeship as a nurse, but broke it off after a year due to differences with her trainer.

In 1913 she published the "Experiences of a Serving Daughter", which is considered her most successful publication. Rüegg began to get involved in socialist goals. She has given a number of lectures on political issues and against the war, including in Great Britain, the USA and Russia. After her return from Russia, she expressed herself disillusioned with the conditions there. Rüegg wrote various autobiographical texts

On her trip through Soviet Russia in 1920 she met the interpreter and later world chess champion Alexander Alekhine , whom she married on March 15, 1921. On November 2, 1921, she gave birth to their son Alexander Alekhine jr. († 2009). The marriage ended in divorce in 1926.

Fonts

  • Experiences of a waitress. Images from the hotel industry. Grütli bookstore, Zurich 1914.
  • More experiences. The experiences of a waitress 2nd part. Grütli bookstore, Zurich 1916.
  • At war through the world: experiences from the war time. Grütli bookstore, Zurich 1918.

literature

  • Anneliese Rüegg (1879–1934): Experiences of a waitress. In: Alfred Messerli (Ed.): Flausen im Kopf: Swiss autobiographies from three centuries. Unionsverlag, Zurich 1984, pages 241 ff. And 304.
  • Andrea Wild: The extraordinary life of Annelise Rüegg. In: Frauenstadtrundgang Zürich (Ed.): Miss, please pay! From legendary Zurich landladies, well-known restaurants and hard-earned money. Limmat-Verlag, Zurich 2011, pp. 69–82.
  • Rüegg, Annelise. In: Gudrun Wedel: autobiographies of women. Cologne 2010, p. 714f.
  • Mariann Dermond: Anneliese Rüegg. In: Werner Weber: Helvetic profiles. 47 writers from German-speaking Switzerland since 1800. Artemis Verlag, Zurich / Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7608-0540-X , pp. 191–195.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andrea Wild, p. 69.
  2. ↑ a b Gudrun Wedel, p. 714f.
  3. ↑ a b Mariann Dermond: Annelies Rüegg. In: Werner Weber: Helvetic profiles. 47 writers from German-speaking Switzerland since 1800. Artemis Verlag, Zurich / Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7608-0540-X , p. 191.
  4. ↑ Andrea Wild, p. 77f.
  5. ↑ Mariann Dermond: Anneliese Rüegg In: Werner Weber: Helvetische Steckbriefe. 47 writers from German-speaking Switzerland since 1800. Artemis Verlag, Zurich / Munich 1981, ISBN 3-7608-0540-X , p. 193.
  6. ↑ a b Andrea Wild, p. 80f.
  7. ^ New York Times , Aug. 10, 1921, p. 5.
  8. ↑ Maya Widmer: Rüegg, Anneliese. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data
SURNAME Rüegg, Anneliese
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss communist
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Uster
DATE OF DEATH May 2, 1934
Place of death Lausanne