Ruth Dreifuss
Ruth Dreifuss · Civil Rights & Human Rights
Ruth Dreifuss was the first Jewish member of the Federal Government of Switzerland and the first female President of the country.
9 January 1940
Ruth Dreifuss is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Ruth Dreifuss was the first Jewish member of the Federal Government of Switzerland and the first female President of the country.
Ruth Dreifuss was the first Jewish member of the Federal Government of Switzerland and the first female President of the country. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Jennifer Breger, and the entry is linked below.
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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Jennifer Breger
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Ruth Dreifuss was the first Jewish member of the Federal Government of Switzerland and the first female President of the country.
Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Jennifer Breger
