Swiss Women's Association
The Swiss Women's Association was the first national union of women's associations within the Swiss women's movement .
The women's association was founded in July 1885 on the initiative of Elise Honegger . The association was supported by middle-class women. It had two objectives: on the one hand, the members were non-profit making, on the other hand, it was about improving the social position of women in Switzerland. The second Swiss doctor, Caroline Farner, was a member from 1886 . Soon there were different opinions about the direction of the association. For Caroline Farner, the Allgemeine Deutsche Frauenverein (ADF), founded in 1865, was a model, while Emma Coradi-Stahl and others had a more pragmatic orientation in mind.
The political and the charitable objectives did not last long side by side. In 1888 three women left the board and founded the Swiss Charitable Women's Association (SGF). The dissolution took place in 1892.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Verena E. Müller, Women dare to go out , in: Down-to-earth and limitless: 200 years of Thurgau women's stories. Published by the association “Thurgau women yesterday - today - tomorrow” on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the federal state / 200 years of independence of the canton of Thurgau. Frauenfeld: Huber, 1998. ISBN 3-7193-1159-7 , p. 176