Elisabeth Joris was born in 1946 in Valais and grew up in an educated middle-class environment that was politically aware and sensitive. Although her family…
Anita Fetz was born in 1957 in Basel and grew up as the eldest of three sisters in a small business household. Her parents ran…
Julia Onken was born in 1942 and grew up in a family constellation marked by fractures, contradictions, and strong tensions. From an early age, she…
Ursula Nordmann grew up in a family environment marked by profound ruptures but also by decisive support. The daughter of a country doctor and one…
Ursula Mauch was born in 1935 in the canton of Aargau and grew up in a family that ran a butcher’s shop. She was originally…
Elisabeth Freivogel was born in 1953 in the Upper Basel region and grew up in a working-class family. As the first academic in her family,…
Claudia Kaufmann was born in 1956 in Basel and experienced her youth during a time of social upheaval. In her family, it was taken for…
Marie-Josèphe Lachat grew up in a small village in the Jura region with four brothers. Her parents, who supported her, shaped her life. Her childhood…
Erica Kuster was born in Basel in 1941 and grew up in a bourgeois, patriarchal family in St. Gallen. Her father was a politically active…
‘The crux of equality lies in the family. If differences are made there, they are almost impossible to undo.’ Born in Bern, Ruth Reusser was…