Eugénie Dutoit

Eugenie Dutoit (* 19th May 1867 in Bern ; † 20th June 1933 ibid ; heimatberechtigt in Moudon ) was a Swiss teacher and women's rights activist from the canton of Bern .

Life

Eugénie Dutoit was a daughter of Eugène Dutoit, a doctor and Clara Haller. She studied philosophy at the University of Bern . She received her PhD in 1899 . She then went on to study in Paris . She worked as a teacher at the girls' secondary school in Bern. She was busy looking after her parents for several years. From 1920 she sat on the board of the Bern Women's Association. She was a co-founder and from 1926 to 1930 President of the Association of Bernese Women Academics. In 1928 she headed the science, literature and music group of the Swiss Exhibition for Women's Work (SAFFA). As president of the Swiss Association of Friends of Young Girls from 1924 to 1933, she was responsible for opening it up to progressive women's organizations. She supported the voting rights petition of 1929 and sought to join the Federation of Swiss Women's Associations (BSF). From 1929 to 1930 she headed the women's propaganda commission for the alcohol model. She also worked as a journalist .

literature

• Eugénie Dutoit's estate in the Gosteli Foundation in Worblaufen
• Women of Action 1850–1950. Edited by Clara Büttiker. Sauerländer, Aarau 1951, pp. 47–61.

Web links

• Regula Ludi: Eugénie Dutoit. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . July 23, 2004 , accessed July 30, 2020 .

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