Caroline Farner
Caroline Farner (born June 10, 1842 in Guntershausen near Berg ; † April 8, 1913 in Zurich ; entitled to live in Oberstammheim , Zurich and Gutenburg ) was a Swiss doctor and women's rights activist . After Marie Heim-Vögtlin, she was the second Swiss doctor and first general practitioner.
Life
Caroline Farner was the daughter of a farmer and miller. After graduating from high school in 1871, she studied medicine at the University of Zurich and passed the state examination in 1876 . A year later she did her doctorate with Oscar Wyss . After working as an assistant at the General Hospital in Vienna , she opened a doctor's practice in Zurich. From 1879 she gave lectures on hygiene . In 1886 she joined the Swiss Women's Association and was elected its president. She was chairman of the Fraternité association in Zurich, founded a gynecological clinic in Zurich and until 1907 ran a spa center for women in Urnäsch . In addition, she published the magazine Die Philanthropin from 1890 to 1894 .
Farner was ostracized by the Zurich society because of her commitment to the women's movement and her lifestyle. A character assassination campaign against her and her partner Anna Pfrunder culminated with the arrest and seven weeks of pre-trial detention for alleged embezzlement. In the trial, which ended in an acquittal in 1893, she was successfully represented by lawyer Ernst Feigenwinter . Farner then withdrew from the public eye.
Together with Anna Pfrunder, she founded the Anna-Caroline-Foundation, to which she left her fortune. The purpose of the foundation is to support female students with scholarships.
Honors
Since 1999, a path near her home, Villa Ehrenberg at Rämistrasse 26 in Zurich, has been named after Caroline Farner.
literature
- Rosemarie Keller : I don't regret any of my steps. Life and Process of Doctor Caroline Farner. Novel. Pendo, Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-85842-412-9 .
- Regula Schnurrenberger: Caroline Farner (1842–1913) & Anna Pfrunder (1851–1925) (PDF; 136 kB). Zurich 2002. In: Ingeborg Boxhammer, Christiane Leidinger: Online-Projekt Lesbengeschichte, http://www.lesbengeschichte.de/
Web links
- Website of the Anna Caroline Foundation
- Regula Ludi : Farner, Caroline. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Farner, Caroline |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Farner, Karoline |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss doctor and women's rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guntershausen near Aadorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1913 |
| Place of death | Zurich |