Susanna Orelli-Rinderknecht
Susanna Orelli-Rinderknecht | |
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| Born | 27 December 1845 Oberstrass, Zurich, Switzerland |
| Died | 12 January 1939 (aged 93) |
| Organization(s) | Blue Cross Zurich Women's Association for Temperance and Public Welfare |
| Spouse | Johannes Orelli (m. 1881, d. 1885) |
Susanna Orelli-Rinderknecht (née Rinderknecht, 27 December 1845 – 12 January 1939) was a Swiss activist. She was the founder of the Zurich Women's Association for Temperance and Public Welfare in 1894.
Biography
Orelli-Rinderknecht was born on 27 December 1845 in Oberstrass, Zurich, Switzerland to a wealthy farming family.[1] Her parents were Heinrich Rinderknecht, a farmer and mayor of Zurich,[2] and Susanna Rinderknecht (née Stadelmann). She studied home economics.[1]
Orelli-Rinderknecht married the mathematics professor Johannes Orelli in 1881. She was widowed in 1885.[1]
After her husband's death, Orelli-Rinderknecht joined the Blue Cross animal welfare charity and participated in poor relief.[1]
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In 1894, Orelli-Rinderknecht was the founder of the Zurich Women's Association for Temperance and Public Welfare (now German: ZFV-Unternehmungen) with 15 other middle-class women, which aimed to combat alcoholism.[3] She was not elected to the board.[4] Two years later she became chairwoman of the newly created works commission of the association.[4] She served in this post until 1919.[3]
Orelli-Rinderknecht was awarded a doctor honoris causa from the Medical Faculty of the University of Zurich (UZH, German: Universität Zürich) in "recognition of her contributions to public health and economics."[3][5][6]
Death and commemoration
Orelli-Rinderknecht died on 12 January 1939 in Zurich, Switzerland, aged 93.[1]
From 1945, Orelli-Rinderknecht was the first woman to appear on a Swiss postage stamp.[7] A street in Zurich, Orellistrasse, was named in her honour.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ludi, Regula (27 October 2009). "Orelli-Rinderknecht, Susanna" [Historical Lexicon of Switzerland (HLS)]. hls-dhs-dss.ch (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ Boudet, Dominique (30 November 2015), "Zürich: „mehr als wohnen"", Mehr als Wohnen (in German), De Gruyter, p. 436, ISBN 978-3-0356-0469-6, retrieved 22 March 2026
- 1 2 3 "Gestern wie heute von Pionier:innen inspiriert". ZFV-Genossenschaft (in German). 17 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- 1 2 Siegel, Monique R. (1994). Weibliches Unternehmertum: Zürcherinnen schreiben Wirtschaftsgeschichte (in German). Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung. pp. 50, 110. ISBN 978-3-85823-495-7.
- ↑ "Susanna Orelli-Rinderknecht". Pioniere (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 22 March 2026.
- ↑ Widmer, Sigmund (1982). Zürich: eine Kulturgeschichte (in German). Artemis-Verlag. p. 102. ISBN 978-3-7608-0415-6.
- ↑ Lavanchy, Jean-Claude. "Postwertzeichen". hls-dhs-dss.ch (in German). Retrieved 22 March 2026.