Cristina Gutbrod25.12.2025Gustav Gull made a double portrait of himself and his wife Lydia for the façade of the National Museum in Zurich. The reliefs were not the only architectural declarations of love made by the star Zurich architect to his wife.
Franziska Rogger02.12.2025She was one of the country’s first natural science professors and he shaped social policy in Switzerland: Irma and Hans Peter Tschudi-Steiner reached the top of their respective professions – all while staying humble.
Nadja Ackermann25.11.2025During times of political unrest – especially during the two world wars – state censors monitored private as well as military correspondence. They made no attempt to hide their actions.
Sabine Richebächer20.11.2025The name Sabina Spielrein (1885-1942) mostly conjures up images of a very young woman who was both patient and friend to C. G. Jung before later becoming a psychoanalyst in her own right. But as well as practising as a therapist, she played a key role in shaping many theoretical and organisational aspects of the nascent field of psychoanalysis.
Nils Widmer13.11.2025Elsa Roth from Bern was a ski racer, ski instructor and winter sports official. She co-founded the Swiss women’s ski club and helped run the Swiss national skiing association for almost 35 years from 1939. Today, very few people have heard of Roth.
Jasmin Mollet14.10.2025Hatpins were all the rage from 1890 to 1920, essential for holding broad-brimmed 'cartwheels' in place. While the choice of design could be used to make an individual fashion statement, their points tended to protrude dangerously from the hat they secured.
Patrick Borer16.09.2025Franziska Möllinger was not only the first woman to work as a photographer in Switzerland, she was also a pioneer of the use of photographs as templates for prints. There are only two original photographs by Möllinger in circulation today, the second of which surfaced in 2024.
Franziska Rogger04.09.2025In 1909, Anna Tumarkin became the first woman in Europe to be appointed a university professor in her own right. She taught at the University of Bern for decades and garnered international respect as an academic.
