Lotti Ruckstuhl-Thalmessinger
Lotti Ruckstuhl-Thalmessinger (born on May 2, 1901 in Ulm ; died on June 8, 1988 in Wil , St. Gallen ) was a Swiss lawyer and women's rights activist .
Life
Lotti Thalmessinger was the daughter of the doctor Viktor Thalmessinger and his wife Katharina, nee Michel. She spent her childhood in South Africa . She passed her Matura in Zurich , where she studied law and economics and received her doctorate in 1930. In 1933 she received her patent as a lawyer and became an auditor at the Zurich District Court . From 1933 to 1937 she advised the sales office of Swiss paper mills .
She was married to the doctor Friedrich Ruckstuhl.
She joined the Swiss Association of Women Academics and the Swiss Catholic Women's Association (SKF) in the early 1930s . There she stimulated discussions on political issues and was co-founder of the SKF Legal Commission in 1948. Ruckstuhl also participated in the Swiss Exhibition for Women's Labor (SAFFA) from 1958 and was president of the Association for Women's Suffrage in Switzerland from 1960 to 1968 . Until the 1970s she represented the SKF in federal bodies, first on family law and later on financial matters. Since 1964 she was a board member of the International Alliance of Women . In 1978 she received the Ida Somazzi Prize .
Publications (selection)
- The Swiss Woman - a Chameleon (1976)
- Women Break Shackles (1986)
literature
- Regula Ludi: Ruckstuhl, Lotti. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ruckstuhl-Thalmessinger, Lotti |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ruckstuhl, Lotti (married name); Thalmessinger, Lotti (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss lawyer and women's rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ulm |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1988 |
| Place of death | Wil SG , Canton of St. Gallen |