Hanny Thalmann
Hanny Thalmann | |
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Member of the National Council of Switzerland | |
In office 29 November 1971 – 25 November 1979 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Gossau, canton of St. Gallen | 26 July 1916
Died | 11 May 2000 St. Gallen | (aged 83)
Nationality | Swiss |
Political party | Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland |
Alma mater | Business Academy of St. Gallen |
Occupation | Women's rights activist |
Hanny Johanna Hermina Thalmann[1] (26 July 1916 in Gossau, canton of St. Gallen – 11 May 2000 in St. Gallen) was a Swiss women's rights activist and politician of the Christian Democratic People's Party. She was among the first ten women to seat in the National Council after women's suffrage was introduced in 1971.
Life and career
Thalmann's father, a
Thalmann taught at the vocational school of retail business in St. Gallen from 1945 to 1974 and became the director of that school in 1958. She was a board member of the St. Gallen Women's Central Office from 1950 to 1981 (of which she was the vice-chairwoman for some time),[4] and a member of the cantonal board of the Catholic Women League in St. Gallen and Appenzell from 1954 to 1988. Thalmann notably caimpagned for women's suffrage. She was the first female member of the educational board of the canton of St. Gallen from 1968 to 1983, and from 1971 to 1979 the first female National Councillor from the canton of St. Gallen. She was among the first ten women to seat in the National Council after women's suffrage was introduced in federal elections in 1971.[5] In 1967, she was a recipient of the Appreciation Award (Annerkennungspreis) of the City of St. Gallen.[6]
Thalmann was involved in social and vocational education issues,
Thalmann was single. She died on 11 May 2000 in St. Gallen.
In 2019, her name was engraved on desks of the National Council chamber alongside the names of early elected female parliamentaries.[9]
Works (selection)
- "Die private Lohnstatistik in der Schweiz". Betriebswirtschaftliche Studien. 19/20. Wil. 1937.[10][3]
- Die Industrie im Sarganserland. Enstehung, Entwicklung und Auswirkung mit Berücksichtigung des Standortes. Mels, 1943.[3]
- Schwierigkeiten unserer berufstätigen Jugend, 1963.[11]
See also
- List of members of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of St. Gallen
- List of the first women holders of political offices in Europe
- Women's suffrage in Switzerland
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "History lesson: Hanny Thalmann – the first woman to gain a PhD at HSG". University of St. Gallen. 30 July 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ISBN 978-3034007665. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ^ a b c Duft, Johannes (1964). Das Schrifttum der St. Galler Katholiken: 1847-1960; ein bibliographischer und geistesgeschichtlicher Beitrag zur Geschichte des Bistums St. Gallen (in German). Verlag der Katholischen Administration. p. 143. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-3732901289. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ISBN 978-3039191871. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ^ "Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger: Anerkennungspreise (ab 1954)" (PDF) (in German). Municipality of St. Gall. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ISBN 978-3643802583. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ISBN 978-3727816635. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ^ "Les noms des pionnières au Parlement figureront sur les pupitres des députés" (in French). RTS. March 12, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ^ "Die private Lohnstatistik in der Schweiz" (PDF). Betriebswirtschaftliche Studien (in German). 19/20. Wil. 1937. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ^ B.S.-W. (1966). "Dr. phil. Berta Huber-Bindschedler 1893-1966". Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins des Kantons Glarus (in German). 61. Kommissionsverlag Tschudi: 167.
External links
- Wolfgang Göldi: Hanny Thalmann in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, October 3, 2012.
- Biography of Hanny Thalmann on the website of the Swiss Parliament.