Emma Coradi-Stahl
Emma Coradi-Stahl (born November 9, 1846 in Sonnenberg, Hefenhofen ; died April 8, 1912 in Zurich ) was a Swiss entrepreneurial activist and women's rights activist .
Life
She was the daughter of the teacher Jakob Stahl and his wife Karoline, nee Schoop. She grew up in Dozwil in the canton of Thurgau , learned French in the canton of Neuchâtel and trained as a textile craftsman. In 1868 she married the teacher Adam Coradi . She was wearing first with homework at the family upkeep and opened in 1874 in Aarau an embroidery business .
In 1885 she founded the non-profit women's association in Aarau in order to get involved in better training opportunities for women in housekeeping and trade due to their own bad experiences. In the same year she joined the Swiss Women's Association (SFV), which was also founded in 1885. Already in 1888 she and her fellow board members Emma Boos-Jegher and Rosina Gschwind-Hofer left the SFV and re-established the apolitical umbrella organization of Swiss non-profit women (SGF). At the Basel trade fair, she gave a lecture as an expert on handicraft issues and asked for support for her concerns in the field of women's education.
Before 1893 she had moved to Zurich with her husband, where he also worked as a publisher. Through him she published the self-founded magazine Schweizer Frauenheim until her death and also wrote books on housekeeping, which were printed in large numbers. In 1896 she was appointed by the Federal Council as a federal expert and inspector for commercial and domestic education and from then on sat on the supervisory board for specialist schools for dressmaking as well as the instructor courses. She also served as SGF director of the Zurich section from 1903 to 1908, and then as president of the SGF umbrella organization until 1912. In this role she also took part in international congresses.
After her death, the SGF set up a social foundation named after her.
Works
- How Gritli Learns to Housekeeping (1902)
- Gritli in the kitchen (1904)
- Gritlis 234 recipes
literature
- Regula Ludi : Coradi-Stahl, Emma. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Ursula Koehler-Lutterbeck; Monika Siedentopf: Lexicon of 1000 women, Bonn 2000, p. 73f. ISBN 3-8012-0276-3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coradi-Stahl, Emma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss, entrepreneurial activist and women's rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sonnenberg, Hefenhofen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1912 |
| Place of death | Zurich |