Hedwig Bleuler–Waser | |
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Born | Sophie Hedwig Waser 29 December 1869
Zürich, Switzerland |
Died | 1 February 1940
Zollikon, Switzerland | (aged 70)
Nationality | Swiss |
Education | University of Zurich |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Sophie Hedwig Bleuler-Waser (born Sophie Hedwig Waser; 29 December 1869 – 1 February 1940) was a Swiss suffragette who founded the Swiss Federation of Abstinent Women.
Bleuler-Waser was born on 29 December 1869 in Zürich. [1] Bleuler-Waser married Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler. [2] The two met while campaigning for the abstinence movement. [3] The couple did not frequent Church and followed the ideas of the Enlightenment. [4]
In 1901 she met Auguste Forel, a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and eugenicist, and at his suggestion, she founded the Swiss Federation of Abstinent Women. [1] [5] She chaired the Federation as president until October 1921. [6] Together with her five children, she ran social events at the psychiatric hospital her husband, Dr. Eugen Bleuler, worked at, including serving afternoon tea. [7]
In 1907, Bleuler-Waser graduated from the University of Zurich, becoming one of the few women to receive her doctorate. [8] While at the University of Zurich she established lasting friendships with Marie Baum, Ricarda Huch and Marianne Plehn. [9] After completing her doctorate, she taught at the Höhere Mädchenschule in Zürich. [6]
During World War 1, Bleuler-Waser and Else Züblin were involved in the construction of alcohol-free soldiers' offices. [10] In the winter of 1917, she started women's education courses in Zürich. [1] For most of the time Bleuler was working in Burghölzli, between 1898 and 1927, the family lived together in an apartment outside the clinic. The apartment was also home to a secretary and junior doctor. [4] From 1919 until 1937, she led the German-Swiss Ortsgruppenvereinigung (Local chapter of Association). [1]
The following is a list of selected publications: [11]
Hedwig Bleuler–Waser | |
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Born | Sophie Hedwig Waser 29 December 1869
Zürich, Switzerland |
Died | 1 February 1940
Zollikon, Switzerland | (aged 70)
Nationality | Swiss |
Education | University of Zurich |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Sophie Hedwig Bleuler-Waser (born Sophie Hedwig Waser; 29 December 1869 – 1 February 1940) was a Swiss suffragette who founded the Swiss Federation of Abstinent Women.
Bleuler-Waser was born on 29 December 1869 in Zürich. [1] Bleuler-Waser married Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler. [2] The two met while campaigning for the abstinence movement. [3] The couple did not frequent Church and followed the ideas of the Enlightenment. [4]
In 1901 she met Auguste Forel, a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and eugenicist, and at his suggestion, she founded the Swiss Federation of Abstinent Women. [1] [5] She chaired the Federation as president until October 1921. [6] Together with her five children, she ran social events at the psychiatric hospital her husband, Dr. Eugen Bleuler, worked at, including serving afternoon tea. [7]
In 1907, Bleuler-Waser graduated from the University of Zurich, becoming one of the few women to receive her doctorate. [8] While at the University of Zurich she established lasting friendships with Marie Baum, Ricarda Huch and Marianne Plehn. [9] After completing her doctorate, she taught at the Höhere Mädchenschule in Zürich. [6]
During World War 1, Bleuler-Waser and Else Züblin were involved in the construction of alcohol-free soldiers' offices. [10] In the winter of 1917, she started women's education courses in Zürich. [1] For most of the time Bleuler was working in Burghölzli, between 1898 and 1927, the family lived together in an apartment outside the clinic. The apartment was also home to a secretary and junior doctor. [4] From 1919 until 1937, she led the German-Swiss Ortsgruppenvereinigung (Local chapter of Association). [1]
The following is a list of selected publications: [11]