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Abstract / Summary

This document provides a brief history of the Swiss Association of University Women, part of the International Federation of University Women. In 1923, a physician created a group of professional women in Geneva and, after building ties in Basel, Bern, and Zurich, a national organization of university women was formed in 1924. That year, the Swiss Association applied for a membership charter with the International Federation. By 1931, the Swiss Association contained seven local groups which met each year in sites alternating between German-speaking Switzerland and French-speaking Switzerland. The remainder of the document details the Association’s organization at the national level, including its scholarship initiatives and an elaboration on its various committees: professional interests, women’s interests, domestic affairs, and international relations.

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Collection

Women and Social Movements, International

Copyright Message

Aletta Jacobs Archive

Corporate Author

International Federation of University Women

Content Type

Government/institutional document

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Text

Page Count

4

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and Social Reform, Transnational Women’s Movement, Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional, Suiza, Suíça, International Federation of University Women, Switzerland, Political and Human Rights, Women and Education, Equal Rights for Women, Access to Higher Education, Education as a Source of Women’s Emancipation

Topic

Equal Rights for Women, Access to Higher Education, Education as a Source of Women’s Emancipation

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional, Suiza, Suíça