Amélia Christinat | |
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Member of the National Council of Switzerland | |
In office 16 January 1978 – 29 November 1987 | |
Member of the Grand Council of Geneva | |
In office November 1969 – March 1980 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Corticiasca, Ticino | 6 February 1926
Died | 7 September 2016 Geneva | (aged 90)
Nationality | Swiss |
Political party | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland |
Occupation | Worker Women's rights activist |
Amélia Christinat (6 February 1926 at Corticiasca, Ticino – 7 September 2016 in Geneva) was a Swiss politician and women's rights activist. [1] [2] She sat in the National Council from 1978 to 1987 as the first female National Councillor from the canton of Geneva.
Amélia Christinat was born in 1926 at Corticiasca, Ticino [3] in southeastern Switzerland, into a poor family. [2] She was the daughter of boilermaker Eugenio Petrall and of mountain farmer Maria-Maddalena Minuzzi. [4] She was trained as a dressmaker at the vocational school of Lugano. She subsequently worked at Tavaro SA and later as a civil servant at the post cheque office. [2]
In October 1949, she married Emile Christinat, a post administrator who was 17 years older than her. Their daughter Nadia was born in 1955. Emile died in 1994. [2]
Amélia Christinat died from a stroke on 7 September 2016 [5] [6] in Geneva.
Amélia first campaigned as a trade unionist and as a suffragist. After women's suffrage was introduced in the canton of Geneva in March 1960, Christinat joined the Social Democratic Party of Geneva. [2] She took part to the establishment of the Fédération romande des consommatrices (French-Swiss Consumers' Federation) alongside former syndic of Lausanne Yvette Jaggi [2] to promote the importance of the social and economic role of housewives. [4]
In 1978, she became the first female National Councillor from Geneva, representing the Social Democratic Party. [2] She campaigned for maternity insurance and for a better representation of women in the Federal Assembly. [7] She was nicknamed "la pasionaria" because of her passion. [8]
Amélia Christinat | |
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Member of the National Council of Switzerland | |
In office 16 January 1978 – 29 November 1987 | |
Member of the Grand Council of Geneva | |
In office November 1969 – March 1980 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Corticiasca, Ticino | 6 February 1926
Died | 7 September 2016 Geneva | (aged 90)
Nationality | Swiss |
Political party | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland |
Occupation | Worker Women's rights activist |
Amélia Christinat (6 February 1926 at Corticiasca, Ticino – 7 September 2016 in Geneva) was a Swiss politician and women's rights activist. [1] [2] She sat in the National Council from 1978 to 1987 as the first female National Councillor from the canton of Geneva.
Amélia Christinat was born in 1926 at Corticiasca, Ticino [3] in southeastern Switzerland, into a poor family. [2] She was the daughter of boilermaker Eugenio Petrall and of mountain farmer Maria-Maddalena Minuzzi. [4] She was trained as a dressmaker at the vocational school of Lugano. She subsequently worked at Tavaro SA and later as a civil servant at the post cheque office. [2]
In October 1949, she married Emile Christinat, a post administrator who was 17 years older than her. Their daughter Nadia was born in 1955. Emile died in 1994. [2]
Amélia Christinat died from a stroke on 7 September 2016 [5] [6] in Geneva.
Amélia first campaigned as a trade unionist and as a suffragist. After women's suffrage was introduced in the canton of Geneva in March 1960, Christinat joined the Social Democratic Party of Geneva. [2] She took part to the establishment of the Fédération romande des consommatrices (French-Swiss Consumers' Federation) alongside former syndic of Lausanne Yvette Jaggi [2] to promote the importance of the social and economic role of housewives. [4]
In 1978, she became the first female National Councillor from Geneva, representing the Social Democratic Party. [2] She campaigned for maternity insurance and for a better representation of women in the Federal Assembly. [7] She was nicknamed "la pasionaria" because of her passion. [8]