Martina Hälg-Stamm

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Martina Hälg-Stamm (born December 27, 1914 in Appenzell ; † December 6, 2011 in Romanshorn , resident in Langrickenbach ) was a Swiss politician ( SP ).

Life

Information board on Martina-Hälg-Strasse in Romanshorn

Martina Hälg attended the canton school in St. Gallen from 1930, where she obtained her Matura in 1934. She then went to London and Rome to study language . From 1937 to 1939 she worked as an authorized signatory in a production company. When the war broke out, she made herself available to what was then the Women's Service (FHD). From 1940 to 1942 she worked as a member of the General Adjudicatory. From 1943 to 1945 she was in charge of the secretariat in the Kesswil tube factory.

In 1946 she married the Romanshorn primary school teacher Otto Hälg. The couple had three children. From 1956 Martina Hälg worked as a journalist. She wrote articles for the Thurgauer Arbeiter-Zeitung, particularly on cultural issues. From 1963 to 1983 she was head of the Pro Juventute Secretariat Romanshorn.

The city of Romanshorn named a street after Martina Hälg.

politics

Martina Hälg's husband was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Thurgau from 1934 to 1941 and from 1947 to 1968 , where he - a member of the social democratic union group - also served as secretary for six years. For years, his wife Martina read the parliamentary minutes, each of which was over thirty pages long. She realized how long it would take for something to move in a Swiss-style democracy. In 1963 Martina Hälg also joined the Social Democratic Party. At the suggestion of the responsible cantonal head of department, Hälg was elected to the Thurgau Art Commission in 1963. In 1964, a new cantonal secondary school and graduation class law was passed by the electorate. Both laws contained the right to vote for women in the relevant school authorities. As early as 1965, the Romanshorn men elected Martina Hälg, a woman, to the local secondary school administration.

In 1971, the Swiss men approved the introduction of women's voting rights at the federal level. In the elections to the National Council in autumn 1971, five women ran for a seat in the National Council in Thurgau, including Martina Hälg. None of them were elected. At the end of 1971, the women of Thurgau were also given the right to vote in cantonal and communal matters. In 1972 132 women ran for the 130-strong Grand Council. The social democrat Martina Hälg-Stamm was elected as the first and only woman. As a woman, she faced 129 councilors alone for almost three years.

During her parliamentary term, she worked on eight special commissions. She was also a member of the business audit committee and the legislative and editorial committee. With a motion she successfully demanded the revision of the cantonal salary regulations, which discriminated against women. A second approach concerned a cantonal advice center for family planning. She said the greatest political success was the inclusion of the same mandatory number of hours for girls and boys in the Education Act.

Works

  • Martina Hälg-Stamm: The women's movement in Thurgau . In: History of the Canton of Thurgau . tape 2 . Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld 1992, ISBN 3-7193-1066-3 , p. 129-135 .

literature

  • Verena E. Müller: "... so you don't have one": The first member of the council . In: Association of Thurgau women - yesterday - today - tomorrow (ed.): Down-to-earth and limitless . Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld 1998, ISBN 3-7193-1159-7 , p. 214 f .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Neue Strasse is named after the pioneer. In: Communications from the city of Romanshorn. May 7, 2014, accessed September 29, 2015 .
  2. ↑ See Minutes of the Grand Council of February 24, 1993, p. 2.
  3. ↑ a b Verena E. Müller: "... so you don't have one": The first member of the council . In: Association of Thurgau women yesterday - today - tomorrow (Ed.): Down-to-earth and limitless . Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld 1998, ISBN 3-7193-1159-7 , p. 215 .
  4. ↑ See Minutes of the Grand Council of January 11, 2012, p. 3.
personal data
SURNAME Hälg-Stamm, Martina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss politician (SP)
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Appenzell
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 2011
Place of death Romanshorn