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.
Rea Köppel05.08.2025Following a trip to the Soviet Union in September 1953, Helene Bossert, a poet from the Basel area, was reputed to be a communist. Given the anti-communist spirit prevalent in Switzerland in the 1950s, the suspicion cast upon her would almost ruin her life.
Rachel Huber29.07.2025Born into an artistic milieu, Judith Müller influenced Bern’s art scene for decades. Despite producing public murals, taking part in numerous exhibitions and working to raise the profile of female artists, her work has disappeared from the public consciousness.
Michael Jucker02.07.2025The Swiss women’s football team has improved beyond all recognition since 1970. Their football has become more physical, dynamic and tactically refined. However, their greatest challenge possibly lay in gaining acceptance.
Jasmin Gauch15.05.2025On 17 August 1874, five nuns left Maria-Rickenbach Benedictine Convent in the canton of Nidwalden and emigrated to the American Midwest. Sister Maria Beatrix Renggli (1848–1942) recorded her journey in a detailed travel journal.
