Marguerite-Isabelle Naville (née de Pourtalès; 1852–1930) was a Swiss artist, photographer and writer. After marrying the Egyptologist Édouard Naville in 1873, she accompanied him on 14 archaeological trips to Egypt, meticulously recording his finds in photographs and drawings. Her extensive diaries and correspondence provide detailed descriptions of life in Egypt at the turn of the 20th century.[1][2][3] Biography Born on 14 August 1852 in Versoix,[4] Canton of Geneva, Isabelle-Marguerite de Pourtalès was the daughter of Alexandre Joseph de Pourtalès (1810–1883), a Prussian count and artillery officer, and his wife Augusta Marie Élisabeth née Saladin (1815–1885).[5][6] She was influenced by her…
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Marie Heim-Vögtlin (7 October 1845 in Bözen – 7 November 1916 in Zürich) was the first female Swiss physician, a writer and a co-founder of the first Swiss gynaecological hospital. Education Born as the daughter of the pastor of Bözen, Marie Vögtlin benefited from a private education in the Romandie and in Zürich. In 1867, her fiancé, a student of medicine, broke off the engagement. He married Nadezhda Suslova, Europe’s first female physician, instead. In response and with the reluctant support of her father, Vögtlin applied for admission herself to the study of medicine at the University of Zürich, which…
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Caroline Farner (1842–1913) is notable for being the second female Swiss doctor as well as a campaigner for the Swiss women’s movement.[1] Early life Born and raised in Guntershausen bei Aadorf, she was the seventh and youngest children of a farmer and his wife, who was the main provider of health care for the surrounding area. After her mother’s death when she was 15, Farner was brought up by her elder sister. After leaving school, she worked as a governess in Scotland for eight years.[1] Public life After nursing several family members through illness, she became disillusioned with her previous…
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Anna Heer (1863–1918) was a Swiss physician. She played a major role in the founding of Switzerland’s first professional nursing school.[1] She was one the founders of the first women’s hospital in Zurich.[2]: 746 In 1897 she became the chief physician at the hospital.[3] She was the head of the SUPFS since 1901 as well as the head of pflegerinnenschule of Zurich.[4]: 146 She died on 9 December 1918 in Zurich from sepsis.[5] References
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Maria Gugelberg von Moos (1836–1918) was a Swiss botanist and floral artist. Growing up amidst the natural beauty surrounding Salenegg Castle, she developed an early interest in natural history, and later botany. She studied botany extensively in middle age, systematically collecting and studying plants.[1] Biography Maria was born 6 February 1836 in Maienfeld, Graubünden. She was the oldest daughter and one of eight children born to Ulysses Gugelberg von Moos and Elisabeth Jecklin von Hohenrealta from Domleschg. Her father was a civil engineer who had been involved in the construction of roads, waterworks and the first railway line to connect Shur with Sargans.[1][2] Early years Maria attended the local…