Judith Stamm

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Judith Stamm
Judith Stamm (2009).jpg
Member of the National Council
In office
1983–1999
President of the National Council
In office
1996–1997
Personal details
Born25 February 1934
Schaffhausen
Political partyChristian Democratic People's Party
Alma materUniversity of Zurich

Judith Stamm (born, 25 February 1934, in Schaffhausen[1]) is a Swiss jurist and politician of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP) of Switzerland. She is seen as an influent women's rights activist.[2]

Early life and education[]

Judith Stamm was born as the daughter of a railway official and a housewife.[3] She knew early on that she wanted to become a lawyer and studied law at the University of Zurich from where she graduated with a doctorate.[4]

Professional career[]

Until 1960 she worked at the district court in Uster.[3] She would have liked to become a courts clerk, but as a woman she lacked of the political rights required for the task.[3][2] Instead, she applied as an assistant to the cantonal police in Lucerne and got the job,[2] where she initially was the only women in the police corps.[4] For twenty years she stayed with the police, trained police trainees and eventually she was promoted to police officer.[3]

Political career[]

Her political career began in 1971 when she joined the CVP and entered the Grand Council of Lucerne of which she was a member until 1984.[5] In the Federal Elections of 1983 she was elected National Councilor.[6][7] In 1986 she independently ran for the Federal Council, out of anger that the CVP had not considered a woman for the abdicating Federal Councillors.[8] Even though she was not elected, her candidacy encouraged other candidacies of women in the future.[3] In 1986 she submitted a bill demanding the enforcement of the constitutional article "Equal rights for Men and Women which the led in the year 1988 to the founding of the Federal Office for Equal Opportunities for Women and Men.[6] In 1989 Stamm became the President of the Federal Commission for Women's Issues (EKF)[3] and in the legislative term 1996–1997 she acted as the President of the National Council.[1][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ratsmitglied ansehen". www.parlament.ch. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Republik. "«Da bin ich regelrecht explodiert!»". www.republik.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f EBG, Eidgenössisches Büro für die Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann. "Judith Stamm (1934)". www.ebg.admin.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Judith Stamm feiert den 80. Geburtstag". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  5. ^ "Judith Stamm, Author at Seniorweb". seniorweb.ch (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Judith Stamm: «Ich zähle auf die junge Generation Politikerinnen»". Schweizer Illustrierte (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  7. ^ "LUZERN: Judith Stamm feiert den 80. Geburtstag". Luzerner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  8. ^ "«Der weibliche Erfolg bei den Wahlen ist auf den Frauenstreik zurückzuführen»". zentralplus (in German). 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
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