Emilie Gourd

Emilie Gourd ( born December 19, 1879 in Geneva, † December 4, 1946 ibid ) was a Swiss women's rights activist who played an important role in the struggle for women's suffrage. From 1912 to 1928 she was president of the Swiss Association for Women's Suffrage ( SVF ).

The daughter of the theology professor Jean -Jacques Gourd and his wife Marguerite Bertrand - Vaucher attended the Higher School for Girls in Geneva and attended the University lectures in History and Philosophy (at that time, women were not possible to make a university degree ) before they approach the teaching profession turned.

In 1909 she came to know Auguste de Morsier, the President of the Geneva Women's Suffrage Association genevoise Association pour le suffrage féminin. In 1912, she founded the magazine Mouvement féministe whose editor in chief she remained until her death. She sacrificed her time and a good portion of their assets for the women's movement. She took the chair of numerous clubs and organizations. From 1923 she was secretary of the International Alliance for Women's Suffrage. 1925 Gourd organized the first cantonal exhibition on women's work in Geneva ( the model for the SAFFA, which took place in 1928 ).

Ideologically represented Emilie Gourd time of their lives the ideals of the French Revolution: liberty and equality. Despite their unshakable egalitarian belief they belonged by their strict adherence to the legality seen internationally moderate wing of the suffrage movement.

  • Feminist
  • Woman
  • Swiss
  • Person ( Geneva )
  • Born in 1879
  • Died in 1946
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