Gertrud Heinzelmann
Gertrud Heinzelmann (born June 17, 1914 in Wohlen ; † September 4, 1999 in Benglen, municipality of Fällanden ) was a Swiss lawyer and women's rights activist .
Life
Gertrud Heinzelmann attended the grammar school of the Höhere Töchterschule in Zurich . She studied law at the University of Zurich and received her doctorate in 1942. She then worked as a lawyer.
From 1956 to 1976 she was on the central board of the Swiss Association for Women's Suffrage , which she presided over in 1959/60. From 1963 to 1976 she was the head of the “ Office against arbitrary official and association arbitrariness ” in the Federation of Migros Cooperatives.
In 1962, with a petition to the Second Vatican Council , Heinzelmann demanded gender equality in the Roman Catholic Church and the ordination of women . In 1964 she founded the Interfeminas publishing house , which publishes writings on women's rights. In 1972 she was appointed to Synod 72 of the Diocese of Chur .
Gertrud Heinzelmann was awarded the Binet Fendt Prize in 1981 and the Ida Somazzi Prize in 1991 .
Works
- The fundamental relationship between church and state in the Concordats . Sauerländer, Aarau 1943 (dissertation, University of Zurich, 1942).
- Swiss woman, your right! New aspects of legal equality since the introduction of the integral women's right to vote and suffrage on cantonal soil . Polygraphischer Verlag, Zurich 1960.
- Wife and council. Hope and expectation. Submission to the high preparatory commission of the Vatican Council on the valuation and position of women in the Roman Catholic Church . Zurich 1962.
- We are no longer silent! Women give their opinion on the 2nd Vatican Council . Interfeminas, Zurich 1964.
- The separated sisters. Women after the council . Interfeminas, Zurich 1967.
- Hallowed Discrimination. Contributions to ecclesiastical feminism . Interfeminas, Bonstetten 1986.
Honor
Gertrud Heinzelmann was honored by the Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster am Sechseläuten in 2001. Her memorial plaque was at Münzplatz 3.
literature
- Schweizer Frauenblatt . No. 6, 1976
- Lotti Ruckstuhl: Women break shackles: obstacle course for women's suffrage in Switzerland. Interfeminas, Bonstetten 1986, v. a. Pp. 111-117.
- Doris Brodbeck et al. (Ed.): See, I am creating something new: the departure of women into Protestantism, Catholicism, Christian Catholicism and Judaism. Efef, Bern 1998, pp. 103-120.
- Barbara Kopp : The unwavering one. How Gertrud Heinzelmann taught the Pope and Switzerland fear . Limmat, Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-85791-442-4 (with catalog raisonné).
- Barbara Kopp: New Year's Gazette of the Gesellschaft zu Fraumünster for the year 2015, (Ninth Piece), Edition Gutenberg Volume 9, No. 9, Zurich 2015, ISSN 1663-5264
documentary
- Barbara Kopp: Gertrud Heinzelmann - a pioneer by calling. SF / 3SAT, 2000
Web links
- Literature by and about Gertrud Heinzelmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Regula Ludi : Heinzelmann, Gertrud. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Estate of Gertrud Heinzelmann, AGoF 612 in the finding aids of the Gosteli Foundation, archive on the history of the Swiss women's movement
- Josef Lang: For the admission of women to the priesthood news article in the Pfarrblatt-Bern. accessed February 22, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heinzelmann, Gertrud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss lawyer and women's rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Well |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 4, 1999 |
| Place of death | Fällanden |