Hanny Thalmann

Hanny Johanna Hermina Thalmann[1] (26 July 1916 in Gossau, canton of St. Gallen – 11 May 2000 at St. Gallen) was a Swiss women's rights activist and politician of the Christian Democratic People's Party. She was among the first ten women to seat in the National Council after women's suffrage was introduced in 1971.

Hanny Thalmann
Hanny Thalmann (1986)
Member of the National Council of Switzerland
In office
November 29, 1971 – November 25, 1979
Personal details
Born(1916-07-26)26 July 1916
Gossau, canton of St. Gallen
DiedMay 11, 2000(2000-05-11) (aged 83)
St. Gallen
NationalitySwiss
Political partyChristian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
Alma materBusiness Academy of St. Gallen
OccupationWomen's rights activist

Life and career

Thalmann's father, a Realschule teacher, died at an early age in 1920.[1] After attending her local primary school, Hanny Thalmann moved to Flums, St. Gallen with her mother.[1] She had a vocational business training in Walenstadt, canton of St. Gallen, and later graduated from the business school of the Institute of Menzingen, canton of Zurich. In 1933, she joined the Business Academy of St. Gallen, but she had to pause her studies due to a lung disease in 1932–33.[1] After an intership in a bank in Wil, canton of St. Gallen, she earned a business teaching diploma in 1937 and a doctor's degree in economics in 1943 thanks to a thesis about the industry in Sarganserland.[2][3] She was the first female who earned an Economics and Finance PhD from that Academy.[1] During her studies, she helped her uncle, the Catholic priest Richard Senti, to administrate his parish in Wil.[1] During her doctorate years, she also attended the business training college of Uzwil.[1]

Thalmann taught at the vocational school of retail business in St. Gallen from 1945 to 1974 and became the director of that school in 1958. She was a board member of the St. Gallen Women's Central Office from 1950 to 1981 (of which she was the vice-chairwoman for some time)[4], and a member of the cantonal board of the Catholic Women League in St. Gallen and Appenzell from 1954 to 1988. Thalmann notably caimpagned for women's suffrage. She was the first female member of the educational board of the canton of St. Gallen from 1968 to 1983, and from 1971 to 1979 the first female National Councillor from the canton of St. Gallen. She was among the first ten women to seat in the National Council after women's suffrage was introduced in federal elections in 1971.[5] In 1967, she was a recipient of the Appreciation Award (Annerkennungspreis) of the City of St. Gallen.[6]

Thalmann was involved in social and vocational education issues,[7] and promoted vocational training of women in her canton, as well as maternity rights and maternity insurance in the National Council.[1][8][4]

Thalmann was single. She died on May 11, 2000 in St. Gallen.

In 2019, her name was engraved on desks of the National Council chamber alongside the names of early elected female parliamentaries.[9]

Works (selection)
  • "Die private Lohnstatistik in der Schweiz". Betriebswirtschaftliche Studien. Wil. 19/20. 1937.[10][3]
  • Die Industrie im Sarganserland. Enstehung, Entwicklung und Auswirkung mit Berücksichtigung des Standortes. Mels, 1943.[3]
  • Schwierigkeiten unserer berufstätigen Jugend, 1963.[11]
gollark: Wait, *is* water noun?
gollark: And water is noun, you see.
gollark: Well, you could make the water float.
gollark: Wait, you can push relevant stuff to *above* the "WATER" and that'll work, right?
gollark: Ah.

See also

References
  1. "History lesson: Hanny Thalmann – the first woman to gain a PhD at HSG". University of St. Gallen. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  2. Konkurrierende Deutungen des Sozialen: Geschichts-, Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften im Spannungsfeld von Politik und Wissenschaft (in German). Chronos. 2007. p. 324. ISBN 3034007663. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  3. Duft, Johannes (1964). Das Schrifttum der St. Galler Katholiken: 1847-1960; ein bibliographischer und geistesgeschichtlicher Beitrag zur Geschichte des Bistums St. Gallen (in German). Verlag der Katholischen Administration. p. 143. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  4. Graf, Ursula; Knill, Thomas; Schmid, Gabriella; Siehler, Steve, eds. (February 23, 2015). Männer in der Sozialen Arbeit – Schweizer Einblicke. Transposition – Ostschweizer Beiträge zu Lehre, Forschung und Entwicklung in der Sozialen Arbeit (in German). 6. Frank & Timme. p. 36. ISBN 3732901289. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  5. Frauensache: das Archiv für Frauen-, Geschlechter- und Sozialgeschichte Ostschweiz (in German). Hier + Jetzt, Verlag für Kultur und Geschichte. 2010. p. 106. ISBN 303919187X. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  6. "Preisträgerinnen und Preisträger: Anerkennungspreise (ab 1954)" (pdf) (in German). Municipality of St. Gall. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  7. Maienfisch, Edith (2018). Die Kunst, sich im Sattel zu halten: Statuskämpfe und soziale Mobilität im Zuge der Schweizer Fachhochschulentwicklung im Bereich Wirtschaft seit Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Geschichte und Bildung (in German). 6. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 158. ISBN 3643802587. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  8. Ludwig, Barbara (2009). Zwischen Schutz des Lebens und Emanzipation der Frau: die Familienpolitik der CVP Schweiz 1971-1987. Religion, Politik, Gesellschaft in der Schweiz (in German). 52. Saint-Paul. p. 110. ISBN 3727816635. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  9. "Les noms des pionnières au Parlement figureront sur les pupitres des députés" (in French). RTS. March 12, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  10. "Die private Lohnstatistik in der Schweiz" (pdf). Betriebswirtschaftliche Studien (in German). Wil. 19/20. 1937. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  11. B.S.-W. (1966). "Dr. phil. Berta Huber-Bindschedler 1893-1966". Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins des Kantons Glarus (in German). Kommissionsverlag Tschudi. 61: 167.
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