Liselotte Spreng
Liselotte Spreng | |
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| National Councillor | |
| In office November 29, 1971 – November 27, 1983 | |
| Member of the Grand Council of Fribourg | |
| In office 1971–1976 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1912 Biel/Bienne, canton of Berne |
| Died | November 25, 1992 (aged 80) Villars-sur-Glâne, canton of Fribourg |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Political party | FDP.The Liberals |
| Alma mater | University of Berne University of Lausanne |
| Occupation | Physician |
Liselotte Spreng (15 February 1912 in Biel/Bienne, canton of Berne – 25 November 1992 in Villars-sur-Glâne, canton of Fribourg) was a Swiss women's rights activist and politician. She was the first female National Councillor from the canton of Fribourg.
Life and career
Liselotte Spreng was born in 1912 in Biel/Bienne to a physician. She studied medicine at the universities of Berne and Lausanne and opened a surgery with her husband in Fribourg in 1941.[1] She was among the first women physicians in the canton.[1][2]
Spreng campaigned for women's suffrage and became the chairwoman of the Fribourg Organisation for Women's Suffrage in 1967. After women's suffrage was introduced in the canton of Fribourg in 1971, Spreng represented The Liberals in the Grand Council of Fribourg. In 1971, she was elected as the first female representative of the canton of Fribourg to the National Council,[3] where she sat until 1983. She was primarily involved family law, charity, medicine and ethics.
See also
- List of members of the Federal Assembly from the Canton of Fribourg
- List of the first women holders of political offices in Europe
References
- ^ a b Murith, Vincent (June 23, 2009). "La première femme s'installe à Lausanne". La Liberté (in French). Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ^ von Gemmingen, Hubertus (2007). Fribourg: une ville aux XIXe et XXe siècles (in French). Saint-Paul. p. 215.
- ^ SDA. "Gedenktafeln zu Ehren der zwölf Pionierinnen im Bundeshaus". Swissinfo (in German). Retrieved November 7, 2019.
External links
- Marius Michaud: Liselotte Spreng in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 2011-01-24.
- Biography of Liselotte Spreng on the website of the Swiss Parliament.
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