Marie Goegg-Pouchoulin

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Marie Goegg-Pouchoulin

Marie Goegg-Pouchoulin (born May 24, 1826 in Geneva , Canton of Geneva , Switzerland ; † March 24, 1899 there ) was the first Swiss women's rights activist . She was one of the most important fighters for women's suffrage and campaigned for civil and political equality for women in Switzerland.

On July 24, 1868, she founded the first international women's organization, the Association internationale des femmes .

Like many of her comrades, Marie Goegg came to politics through her husband, the politician Amand Goegg . In the magazine Les États-Unis d'Europe she wrote her first article, a call for women to join forces to stand up for their political rights. Only a few women volunteered, but the association was founded anyway. Marie Goegg was very well read and was particularly inspired by the English suffragettes . In her founding address she made clear demands, for example: B. the right to vote for women . It is time for women to be citizens like their brothers, the citizens, "because it is time for us women to no longer form a special social class".

Due to internal disputes, the Association Internationale des Femmes was soon dissolved and re-established in 1872 under the name Association pour la défense des droit de la Femme (called Solidarité ). Another popular campaigner for women's suffrage, Julie von May , joined them.

Thanks to a petition initiated by Goegg-Pouchoulin, women were admitted to the University of Geneva from 1872 . In 1875 she was elected President of Solidarité . After this was dissolved in 1880 and the magazine was discontinued, Goegg-Pouchoulin fell silent. In 1886 she was elected to the board of the Fédération abolitionniste internationale . In 1891 they elected the Geneva women as vice-president of the newly founded Union des femmes de Genève .

Marie Goegg-Pouchoulin was a pioneer of egalitarian feminism in Switzerland. In her time she was a symbol of the progressive women's movement in French-speaking Switzerland and influenced the women's movement across Europe with the foundation of the “Women's International”.

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SURNAME Goegg-Pouchoulin, Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION first Swiss women's rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva , Canton of Geneva , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1899
Place of death Geneva , Canton of Geneva , Switzerland