Erica Kuster was born in Basel in 1941 and grew up in a bourgeois, patriarchal family in St. Gallen. Her father was a politically active…
‘The crux of equality lies in the family. If differences are made there, they are almost impossible to undo.’ Born in Bern, Ruth Reusser was…
A conversation with former Federal Councillor Ruth Dreifuss reveals how closely social and political change are linked. She was a member of the Swiss government…
Gabrielle Nanchen was one of the first ten women elected to the Swiss National Council in 1971. Her biography is a testament to the long…
“Emilie Kempin-Spyri was the first private lecturer in law. And I was the second”, said Professor Beatrice Weber-Dürler in her speech at the inauguration of…
“Politics is a democratic means of achieving the common good. Politics done right.” Chiara Cortesi from Ticino began her political career in the 1980s. Despite…