Marie Boehlen

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Marie Boehlen (born October 19, 1911 in Riggisberg ; † November 30, 1999 in Bern ) was a Swiss lawyer and politician ( SP ).

biography

Marie Boehlen attended the teachers' seminar in Bern and made up her Matura in 1931. She then studied law at the University of Bern , becoming an advocate in 1939 and obtaining her doctorate in 1951. In 1957 she became a youth lawyer for the city of Bern, making her the first full-time youth lawyer in Switzerland. During her studies, she began to be interested in women's issues and politics. In 1942 she joined the women's suffrage association and became president of the action committee for women's participation in the community. Three years later she joins the Social Democratic Party (SP) and from 1966 to 1974 also presides over its women's group, SP Women. For 15 years, from 1949 to 1966, she also served as President of the Legal Commission of the Federation of Swiss Women's Organizations (BSF). Boehlen was also a member of the Swiss UNESCO Commission from 1957 to 1968.

In 1971, the year that women's suffrage and the right to vote were adopted , Boehlen took early retirement in order to dedicate himself to politics. She became active at parliamentary level, first as Bern city councilor from 1972 to 1976, then as Bern councilor from 1974 to 1986. In 1985, at the age of 74, Boehlen received the Ida Somazzi Prize for her commitment to life for women . In her acceptance speech, she said that her commitment to equal rights for women has not always made herself popular, and that she has suffered more defeats than successes, but has contributed to a modest degree to major social change.

literature

  • Liselotte Lüscher: A woman makes politics. Marie Boehlen 1911–1999. Limmat-Verlag, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-85791-591-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gosteli Foundation: Finding aids from holdings No. 566 Marie Böhlen . Ed .: Gosteli Foundation.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Annette Frei Berthoud: Marie Boehlen. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 1, 2007 , accessed March 8, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c Federal Bureau for Equality between Women and Men EBG: Marie Boehlen (1911-1999). Retrieved March 8, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Website of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland: Life story of a strong woman , accessed on September 12, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Boehlen, Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Riggisberg
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 1999
Place of death Bern