Renée Girod
Renée Girod (born July 2, 1887 in Geneva ; died September 12, 1962 there ) was a Swiss doctor and suffragette .
Life
Girod was the daughter of Maurice Antoine Girod, most recently a major in the Swiss General Staff, and his wife Blanche Marie, née Borel. Girod trained as a nurse in Bern and served as a medic in the French army during the First World War . After graduating from high school, she began studying medicine in 1919, which she completed in Geneva in 1927. She worked as a doctor for the Salvation Army , then as a gynecologist and pediatrician in the social field.
She became President of Geneva Women's Headquarters , the Commission for Hygiene in the Federation of Swiss Women's Associations (BSF) and representative of Switzerland in the International Women's Council (ICW). After the outbreak of the Second World War , she was appointed interim president of the ICW in May 1940 because the incumbent Marthe Boël was stuck in occupied Belgium . It was not until May 1945 that Boël was able to take over the office again.
Girod was also co-founder and vice-president of an aid association for expectant mothers; and also involved in the social project Vernets d'Arve.
literature
- Therese Steffen Gerber: Girod, Renée. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Girod, Renee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss doctor and women's rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 12, 1962 |
| Place of death | Geneva |