Hedwig Bleuler-Waser

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Hedwig Waser during her student days, 1892

Hedwig Bleuler-Waser (born December 29, 1869 in Zurich ; † February 1, 1940 in Zollikon ) was a Swiss writer, teacher and temperance practitioner . In 1902 she founded the Swiss Association of Abstinence Women , an abstinence association dedicated to the fight against widespread alcoholism in the lower classes of the population.

Life

Hedwig Waser grew up in Zurich, where she studied literature and history at the university . She was friends with the German writer Ricarda Huch . Waser received his doctorate in 1894 and then taught at the Höhere Töchterschule in Zurich. She was one of the well-known Swiss poets, u. a. she wrote Christmas games . In 1901 she met Auguste Forel , who worked closely with her husband, the psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler . At his suggestion, she founded the Swiss Confederation of Abstinent Women, which she presided over until 1921. From 1914 she helped Else Züblin to set up their alcohol-free soldiers' rooms. She and Eugen Bleuler had five children. The two sons, Manuel (* 1901) and Fabian (* 1903), partially continued and supported the work of the Temperenzler. Another son was the future psychiatrist Manfred Bleuler , who, like his father, became director at Burghölzli. From 1914 to 1918 Bleuler-Waser was a member of the board of directors of the Zurich women's center. From 1918 she initiated the women's education courses in Zurich - a kind of adult education center with women's issues. In addition, she headed the Commission for Social and Practical Work of the Federation of Swiss Women's Associations .

Gravestone at the Zollikon cemetery

Works (selection)

  • The feast of the fisherman king. A dramatic game for the summer trip of the Hottingen reading circle to Ufenau and Rapperswyl. Publishing house of the Hottingen Reading Circle, Zurich 1901
  • Ulrich Hegner . A Swiss image of culture and character. Niemeyer, Halle on the Saale, 1901
  • JV Widmann . For his sixtieth birthday (February 20, 1902). In: Switzerland - Swiss illustrated magazine , Vol. 6 (1902), pp. 89–94 ( digitized from e-periodica.ch)
  • About Ricarda Huch. Verlag der Frauenrundschau, Berlin / Leipzig 1904
  • To discuss the basic questions. In: Maternity leave. Journal for the reform of sexual ethics , Federal publication organ for maternity protection , ed. by Helene Stöcker . Frankfurt a. M. 1905, pp. 279–284 ( digitized in the Internet Archive )
  • We women against alcohol. Scripture from the anti-alcohol association Fr. Reinhardt, Basel 1906
  • Life and deeds of the Hottingen reading circle. From his birth to his 25th year of age. 1882-1907. Self-published, Zurich 1907
  • Mother Aja's birthday. Comedy in three acts. In: Switzerland - Swiss illustrated magazine , Vol. 13 (1909), pp. 81–87 , 101–104 and others. 124-128
  • Theodor Storm : Snow White. A fairy tale game. Hedwig Bleuler-Waser added for performance purposes. Illustrations by Marianne Hitschmann-Steinberger (“Konegen Children's Books” series, No. 5). Konegen, Vienna 1910
  • A new piece of old Kasperl. Illustrated by Spyridon Sartoris. Gustav Grunau, Bern 1911
  • Two winter festivals. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1913
  • From the Christ child. In: On the practice of elementary school. Supplement to № 52 of the “Schweizerische Lehrerzeitung” , № 8, December 1914, p. 34 f. ( Digitized at e-periodica.ch)
  • The archetype of Keller's village Schönfund. In: The Reading Circle , Vol. 2, Zurich 1915
  • Sparks from the August fire. Suggestions for national education in the Swiss family. Franke, Bern 1916
  • Chlini Christmas scene for diheime and i d'Schuel. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1913
  • The sister poets Regula Keller and Betsy Meyer. Füßli, Zurich 1919
  • Lenzbub is coming! About becoming and passing away. Fairy tales that happen. Pictures by Ernst Kreidolf . A. Francke, Bern 1920
  • Mother Aja's birthday. Comedy from Goethe's time in three acts. Georg DW Callwey , Munich 1920
  • Christmas games. Georg DW Callwey, Munich 1920
  • The blue flower (series "The Treasure Trove Stage. A Collection of German People's Youth and Puppet Shows" No. 16). Georg DW Callwey, Munich 1925
  • Angel's earth year. Christmas game in five pictures. HR Sauerländer & Co., Aarau 1926
  • From my university days. In: Women’s Studies at Swiss Universities. Rascher, Zurich / Leipzig / Stuttgart 1928
  • Out of my life. In: Schweizer Frauen de Tat , Vol. 3 (1855–1885). Rascher, Zurich a. a. 1929, pp. 173-223
  • further articles etc. at e-periodica.ch (author search).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aiga Klotz: Children's and Youth Literature in Germany 1840–1950 , Vol. 4 (R – S), p. 531 .
personal data
SURNAME Bleuler-Waser, Hedwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss temperamentalist
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1940
Place of death Zollikon