Elise Ruepp

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Elise Ruepp (born November 11, 1790 in Zug ; † October 20, 1873 in Sarmenstorf ), née Uttinger , also called Lisette , was a Swiss pioneer in the education of women and teachers and a student of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi .

Life

From 1812 to 1815 she completed the teachers' seminar with Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi in Yverdon . In 1816 she married the battalion doctor Alois Ruepp, who ran a practice in Sarmenstorf and died early.

After the death of her husband, Elise Ruepp first produced straw wickerwork and then ran a private daughter education institution in the doctor's house from 1835 to 1853. From 1838 she also trained teachers there. Ruepp was also called «Mueterli» (= little mother). Among other things, she was friends with the Swiss politician Augustin Keller .

Education for girls in Aargau in the 19th century

From 1831, the canton of Aargau took over the school system as a state responsibility. In the School Act of 1835, only so-called work schools were provided for girls, in which handicraft lessons played a major role. Gymnasiums were reserved for boys. Only private institutes offered higher education for women. It was not until 1865 that the girls were given access to the district school .

Lessons at the daughter institute

The curriculum was shaped by Pestalozzi's ideals and geared towards the role of women as spouses, mothers and housewives, but also contained academic subjects.

Lessons began at 6 a.m. before breakfast with an hour of arithmetic or bookkeeping. From 8 a.m. there was one hour each in German, history or geography and French. After the one and a half hour lunch break, three hours of manual lessons followed from 12.30 p.m., during which the optional instrumental lessons took place. After a meal break, there were three more hours of lessons until 7 p.m., except on Wednesdays and Saturdays, in writing or reading, singing or drawing, and finally religious instruction or natural history. The night was quiet at 9 p.m. On Sundays, church services and a walk together or, in bad weather, music and games were planned. In addition, the pupils had to take on household tasks in rotation and cultivate their own piece of garden land.

literature

  • Claudia Storz: But the greatest thing is love: Lisette Ruepp 1790–1873, s Muetterli. Baden-Verlag, Baden-Dättwil 2006, ISBN 978-3-85545-143-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Regula Ludi: Ruepp [-Uttinger], Elise. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. ^ A b c d Aargau State Archives: Girls' School in Sarmenstorf: Lisette Ruepp (1790–1873).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 8, 2010.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / 193.47.122.11  
  3. ↑ Aargau State Archives: Arbeitsschulen.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 8, 2010.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / 193.47.122.11  
  4. ↑ Aargau State Archives: "More information about the internal facilities of the educational institution with Mrs. Lisette Ruepp nee Utinger": Supplement to the report to the district school council of Bremgarten, August 1, 1838.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pp. 4-8.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / 193.47.122.11  
personal data
SURNAME Ruepp, Elise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruepp, Lisette; Ruepp-Uttinger, Elise (full name); Uttinger, Elise (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss educator
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1790
PLACE OF BIRTH train
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1873
Place of death Sarmenstorf