Ida Monn-Krieger (1916 – 1970) was a Swiss anti-Suffragette and president of the Federation of Swiss women against women's suffrage. [1]
Ida Monn-Krieger was born in Wolhusen in Canton Lucerne in 1916. [2] She attended high school in Lucerne from which she graduated with a Matura. [1] She then studied for half a year at the housekeeping school in Neuchatel and another half a year at the social women school in Lucerne. [1] In 1937 she married Anton Monn, an educator and banker. [1]
In hindsight of a referendum on women's voting rights in 1959, the Committee of Swiss Women against women's suffrage was founded in 1958. [3] Out of this committee, a Federation of Swiss women against women's suffrage was established following the defeat of the suffragists in the referendum on women's suffrage in 1959. [3] Ida Monn-Krieger was an co-founder of the committee [2] and the secretary of the federation since 1959. [1] Its first president was Getrud Haldimann, who resigned in 1967, following which Monn-Krieger succeeded her. [4] According to Isabelle Dahinden she feared the loss of the traditional role model of the women. [5] She saw a women's role at home where she is supposed to raise the children. [6] In a letter to the teacher of her daughter, Monn-Krieger tried to compel the teacher of the disadvantages of women's suffrage. [6] The teacher would eventually become a Grand Councilor of Lucerne. [6] She died in December 1970, [5] before women's suffrage was approved in a referendum in 1971.
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alliance F is the Federation of Swiss Women's Associations.
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The Federation of Swiss women against women's suffrage was founded in 1959 after in a referendum of 1959 in which the Swiss men voted not to grant women the right to vote. It aimed to prevent women from receiving the right to vote. Its first president was Gertrud Haldimann, Ida Monn-Krieger succeeded her in 1967. It disestablished itself after in a referendum of 1971, women's suffrage was approved.