10 Facts About Emilie Gourd

Emilie Gourd's played a leading part within the Swiss women's suffrage movement.

Emilie Gourd is credited as being one of the most prominent figures in the 20th-century Swiss feminist movement.

Emilie Gourd's first became involved in the movement in her mid-30s, but thereafter dedicated her life to the cause.

Emilie Gourd's was particularly active in Geneva, where she was born, but campaigned nationally for women's rights in Switzerland.

In 1912, Emilie Gourd founded Le mouvement feministe, a newspaper that promoted women's suffrage, education and legal rights.

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Emilie Gourd's remained the chief editor of the newspaper until her death.

Emilie Gourd was the president of numerous feminist organisations and clubs, including the Schweizerischer Verband fur Frauenstimmrecht, where she served as president and fought for women's right to vote in Switzerland from 1914 until 1928.

Emilie Gourd's published a biography of American suffragist Susan B Anthony and edited a yearbook of Swiss women.

Emilie Gourd died in 1946, fourteen years before women in the canton of Geneva received the right to vote.

Since 2012, the Emilie Gourd foundation has created an online platform Actuelles.