Liselotte Spreng

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.

Liselotte Spreng
National Councillor
In office
November 29, 1971 – November 27, 1983
Member of the Grand Council of Fribourg
In office
1971–1976
Personal details
Born(1912-02-02)2 February 1912
Biel/Bienne, canton of Berne
DiedNovember 25, 1992(1992-11-25) (aged 80)
Villars-sur-Glâne, canton of Fribourg
NationalitySwiss
Political partyFDP.The Liberals
Alma materUniversity of Berne
University of Lausanne
OccupationPhysician

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

References
  1. Murith, Vincent (June 23, 2009). "La première femme s'installe à Lausanne". La Liberté (in French). Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  2. von Gemmingen, Hubertus (2007). Fribourg: une ville aux XIXe et XXe siècles (in French). Saint-Paul. p. 215. ISBN 9782883551084.
  3. SDA. "Gedenktafeln zu Ehren der zwölf Pionierinnen im Bundeshaus". Swissinfo (in German). Retrieved November 7, 2019.


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