Caroline Farner

Caroline Farner ( born June 10, 1842 in Gunter bei Berg, † April 8, 1913 in Zurich; homeland justified in Oberstammheim, Zurich and Gutenburg ) was a Swiss physician and suffragist. She was by Marie Heim- Vögtlin the second Swiss doctor and first Allgemeinpraktikerin.

Life

Caroline Farner was the daughter of a farmer and miller. After graduating in 1871, she studied medicine at the University of Zurich and put 1876, the state exam. A year later she earned her doctorate at Oscar Wyss. After the assistantship at the General Hospital in Vienna, she opened a medical practice in Zurich. Since 1879 she gave lectures on hygiene. In 1886, it joined the Swiss Women's Association and was elected as its President. She was chairman of the club Fraternité in Zurich, founded a women's clinic in Zurich and headed until 1907 a sanatorium for women in Urnäsch. In addition, it was from 1890 to 1894, the magazine The philanthropist out.

Farner was ostracized because of their work, the women's movement and their lifestyle from the Zurich society. A smear campaign against her and her partner Anna Pfrunder culminated with the arrest and seven months of detention for alleged embezzlement. The trial ended in 1893 with an acquittal. Farner then withdrew from public life.

With Anna Pfrunder she founded the Anna Caroline Foundation, which she bequeathed her fortune. Purpose of the Foundation is the promotion of female students with scholarships.

Honors

Since 1999 is a path near their house, the Villa Ehrenberg Ramistrasse 26 in Zurich, named after Caroline Farner.