Gertrud Späth-Schweizer
Gertrud "Trudy" Späth-Schweizer (born December 6, 1908 in Riehen , † October 19, 1990 in Basel ) was a Swiss politician and the first Swiss woman to be elected to a political authority.
Life
Gertrud Späth-Schweizer, daughter of a landlord and farmer, grew up in Riehen and attended the women's labor school in Basel. She then headed the ticket office and main box office of the Basel City Theater for five years . After the marriage she was a housewife and mother as well as an employee in the husband's business.
In 1958, Späth-Schweizer was elected to the Citizens' Council (executive branch of the civil parish ) of Riehen, of which she was a member until 1974. She was the first woman in Switzerland to work in a political authority. As a representative of the bourgeois village party, she was particularly active in the area of welfare. She was reformed.
literature
- Basler Nachrichten , December 1, 1959
- Riehener Zeitung , October 26, 1990
- Arlette Schnyder et al .: Riehen - A portrait. Schwabe, Basel 2010, p. 51
Web links
- Stefan Hess : Späth [-Swiss], Gertrud. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Tages-Anzeiger, July 24, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Späth-Schweizer, Gertrud |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Späth-Schweizer, Trudy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | first Swiss woman to work in a political authority |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riehen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1990 |
| Place of death | Basel |