Gertrud Haldimann
Gertrud Haldimann-Weiss (born January 22, 1907 in Bern ; † December 25, 2001 there ) was a Swiss activist against women's suffrage .
Life
Gertrud Weiss, the daughter of a master plumber, studied pharmacy at the University of Bern and graduated in 1930 with the state examination. In 1933 she married the ophthalmologist Carl Haldimann (1900–1983). The couple had six children.
In 1958 Gertrud Haldimann was one of the founders of the women's committee against the introduction of women's suffrage in Switzerland . After the rejection in the first referendum on federal women's suffrage on February 1, 1959, the committee was transformed into the Federation of Swiss Women Against Women's Suffrage. From 1959 to 1971 Haldimann presided over this association.
After women's suffrage was adopted at the federal level in Switzerland in 1971, Haldimann was co-founder, board member and, from 1982, vice-president of the right-wing association for family and social policy (Arfag) .
Your private archive has been in the archive of the Gosteli Foundation in Worblaufen near Bern since 1998 .
Web links
- Regula Ludi : Haldimann, Gertrud. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Daniel Furter: «The reverse suffragettes». Opponents of women's suffrage in Switzerland from 1958 to 1971. (PDF; 924 kB) Licentiate thesis, University of Bern, 2003
- Andrew Borowiec: Swiss men on guard for dangerous import. In: The Victoria Advocate , Texas, December 12, 1965, p. 3A
- Estate of Gertrud Haldimann-Weiss, AGoF 557 in the finding aids of the Gosteli Foundation, archive on the history of the Swiss women's movement
Individual evidence
- ↑ Referendum of February 1, 1959 ( Federal Chancellery )
- ↑ Referendum of February 7, 1971 (Federal Chancellery)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haldimann, Gertrud |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weiss, Gertrud (maiden name); Haldimann-Weiss, Gertrud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss activist against women's suffrage |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 2001 |
| Place of death | Bern |