Rosa Neuenschwander
Rosa Neuenschwander was a Swiss feminist who was a pioneer in vocational education and counseling.
Biography
Neuenschwander was born in Brienz, Switzerland, on 3 April 1883. She became the first vocational counselor in Bern. She was instrumental in founding several social projects to benefit women and youths. Neuenschwander organized the first exhibition on women's work in Bern in 1923, which she expanded into the Swiss Exhibition for Women's Work, in 1928.She founded major women's organizations, including the Schweizerische Frauengewerbeverband and the Schweizerische Landfrauenverband, a leading rural women's association that supported the women's suffrage movement.
She died on 20 December 1962 in Bern, Switzerland.