
Gertrud Spiess (16 April 1914 in
Basel – 14 July 1995 in Basel) was a
Swiss
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politician of the
Christian Democratic People's Party. She was a member of the
National Council from 1975 to 1983.
Life
Spiess was born in Basel to a mechanic.
She studied philology, German and history in Basel and Kiel. Then she made Islamic studies in Basel and Cairo, Egypt
and earned a doctor's degree in 1946 with her thesis ''
Maḥmūd von Ġazna bei
Farīdu’d-dīn ʿAṭṭār'' which was first published in print in 1959. Spiess was a high school teacher of Latin and Ancient Greek.
Her life was shaped by her political commitment. She sat in the Citizens' Council of
Basel, campaigned for
women's suffrage in Switzerland, and joined the
Grand Council of Basel
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in 1968. She became the first female ''
Statthalter'' of the city of Basel in 1974, and the first female speaker of the Grand Council of the
canton of Basel-Stadt
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. Moreover, she was a member of the
National Council from 1975 to 1983.
Her fields of interest included social and education policy.
[''Historical Dictionary of Switzerland'']
Spiess was single.
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20th-century Swiss women
20th-century Swiss women politicians
20th-century Swiss politicians
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland politicians
Women members of the National Council (Switzerland)
Politics of Basel-Stadt
Swiss suffragists
1914 births
1995 deaths
Politicians from Basel-Stadt