Emilie Lieberherr

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Emilie Lieberherr in 1986 in the Council of States

Emilie Lieberherr (born October 14, 1924 in Erstfeld ; † January 3, 2011 in Zollikerberg ; resident in Zurich and Nesslau ) was a Swiss politician .

Life

The daughter of a machinist from Toggenburg and an Italian grew up in Erstfeld, where her father worked as an SBB employee. She attended the catholic boarding school Theresianum Ingenbohl and completed the commercial diploma. She then worked for three years as a secretary at the Swiss Bank Corporation in Zurich. In 1947 she graduated from commercial school and then worked for four years as a personal trainer at Oscar Weber AG in Bern . From 1952 to 1956 she studied as a student trainee economics at the University of Bern , graduating with a licentiate from. After completing her studies, she went by ship to the United States , where she held various positions for two and a half years, including a. with the Fonda family in New York as nanny for Peter and Jane Fonda .

From 1960 to 1970, Lieberherr worked as a vocational school teacher for the sales staff in Zurich. In 1965 she received her doctorate from the University of Bern. In 1961 she co-founded the Swiss Consumer Forum , which she presided over from 1965 to 1978. In 1969 she was a co-initiator of the magazine Prüf mit , whose editor-in-chief she was initially also.

Towards the end of the 1960s, Lieberherr first attracted attention politically when she became one of the leading figures in the struggle for women's suffrage in Switzerland . In 1969 she was president of the action committee for the march to Bern . She joined the SP and from 1970 until her resignation in 1994 was the first woman to be a city ​​councilor and head of the Zurich social welfare office . Lieberherr was the initiator of the distribution of heroin to severely addicts and was involved in the development of the four-pillar model of Swiss drug policy. Under her leadership , the advance payment of alimony was introduced in Zurich, she had 22 old people's homes built, founded the Foundation for Housing for the Elderly, set up youth meeting points in the neighborhoods and initiated action programs for unemployed youth. Lieberherr's successor in the city council was Monika Stocker (Greens).

In addition to its office in the city government, she represented from 1978 to 1983 as Councilor of the Canton of Zurich in the Federal Assembly . From 1976 to 1980 Lieberherr was the first president of the Federal Commission for Women's Issues .

Until 1978 she was re-elected with the support of the SP, after a rift with the party in 1982 and 1986 with the support of the Zurich Trade Union Federation. In 1983 Liliane Waldner was appointed her personal assistant, and Waldner held this office until 1994. In 1990, Lieberherr supported the incumbent city president Thomas Wagner (FDP) in the election campaign for the city council instead of the finally elected SP candidate Josef Estermann . She was expelled from the SP on the grounds that her “party solidarity in material and personnel issues was inadequate”.

Lieberherr remained single, her long-time partner was Minnie Rutishauser.

Her grave is in the Sihlfeld cemetery (No. FG 81204).

Honor

Emilie Lieberherr was honored by the Fraumünster Society on the occasion of the annual women's honor on Sechseläuten 2014 .

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  1. ↑ A life for women and the needy. In: Tages-Anzeiger . January 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ Ruedi Baumann: What concerns us when Jositsch and Galladé are a couple. In: Tages-Anzeiger . October 17, 2009 (archive version).
personal data
SURNAME Dear lord, Emilie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Erstfeld
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 2011
Place of death Zollikerberg