Marie Walter-Hüni

Marie Walter-Hüni (born April 15, 1872 in Uetikon am See , † September 2, 1949 in Schiers ) was a Swiss trade unionist and women's rights activist .

Life

Hüni grew up in Uetikon and attended the Küsnacht teacher training college . In 1908 she replaced Margarethe Faas-Hardegger as workers' secretary for the Swiss Confederation of Trade Unions , an office she held until 1924. Under her leadership, the workers' associations are increasingly integrated into the Swiss labor movement .

From 1909 to 1918 she was the editor of the magazine “ Vorkampfin” . Hüni was active in journalism and agitation. In 1910 she organized the first women's conference for women workers in St. Gallen . As a Swiss delegate, she took part in the Second International Socialist Women's Conference in Copenhagen and from then on propagated the integration of women workers into socialist men's organizations. Hüni belonged to the right wing of the social democratic party . From 1918 onwards, it increasingly lost its influence in the Swiss Confederation of Trade Unions. After 1924 she was involved in educational work and the cooperative movement.

Hüni was married to Emil Walter ; she was the mother of the philosopher of science Emil Jakob Walter .

Works

• The women's right to vote . Zurich 1913. ( digitized version and full text in the German text archive )

literature

• Annette Frei Berthoud : Red Patriarchs. 1987, p. 180 f.
• Yvonne Pesenti : Profession: worker. 1988, pp. 195-200.

Web links

• Regula Ludi : Hüni, Marie. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Short portrait , in: Der Landbote, November 23, 2013
• Publications by and about Marie Walter-Hüni in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
• Literature by and about Marie Walter-Hüni in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Regula Ludi : Hüni, Marie. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
2. ↑ The pioneer (digitized)