Emma Hess

Emma Hess (* 23. July 1842 in Enge today municipality Zurich , † 7. May 1928 in Zurich; heimatberechtigt ibid ) was a Swiss social reformer and women's rights activist from the canton of Zurich .

Life

Emma Hess was a daughter of Emanuel Hess, landowner and Elisabeth painter. She grew up in Zurich-Enge. After a stay in French-speaking Switzerland , she headed her father's household . After the death of the father in need of care in 1883, Hess dealt with the moral reform . In 1887 she was a co-founder of the Zurich Women's Association for the Improvement of Morality. In 1895 she built a home for single, young women and in 1897 took part in the voting campaign for a brothel ban in Zurich. As a specialist in legal issues , Hess played a key role in drafting submissions to the Swiss Civil Code and criminal law . In 1921 she initiated a petition against trafficking in women and children , which was widely supported in the women's movement, and gave a lecture before the National Council's Criminal Law Commission in 1926 .

literature

• Biographical collection of Emma Hess in the Gosteli Foundation in Worblaufen
• Swiss women indeed 1831–1854. Volume 2. Rascher, Zurich 1929, pp. 165-185.

Web links

• Regula Ludi: Emma Hess. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . August 30, 2006 , accessed July 30, 2020 .

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