Rolande Gaillard

Rolande Gaillard (* 5. September 1909 in Lausanne ; † 18th July 2006 ibid ; heimatberechtigt in Perroy and Bougy-Villars ) was a Swiss teacher and women's rights activist from the canton of Vaud .

Life

Rolande Gaillard was a daughter of Auguste Gaillard, city ​​councilor , and Elise Pasche. She was a cousin of Albert Dubois and Louis Junod . She graduated from the University of Lausanne with a degree in humanities . She worked as a high school teacher . From 1955 to 1969 she was director of the Collège secondaire de Villamont in Lausanne. From 1969 to 1974 she was the teacher training officer for the Education Department of the Canton of Vaud. From 1956 to 1975 she sat on the board of trustees and on the board of the Pestalozzi Children's Village in Trogen . In 1958 she worked on the Swiss Exhibition for Women's Labor (SAFFA). From 1961 to 1973 she was a board member and from 1965 to 1971 president of the Federation of Swiss Women's Associations . From 1969 to 1977 she was a member of the Swiss National Unesco Commission . She worked on the International Women's Council . She represented this from 1971 to 1990 at the UN in Geneva and Vienna and from 1973 to 1986 as a delegate of the Center européen at the Council of Europe . She was also involved in the Swiss Association of Women Academics, the Swiss Association for Women's Rights, as well as in youth welfare organizations and third world groups.

literature

• The federal government of June 20, 1965.

Web links

• Regula Ludi: Rolande Gaillard. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 10, 2008 , accessed August 8, 2020 .

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