Heidi Witzig
Heidi Witzig (born 1944), formerly known as Heidi Schäppi-Witzig and now as Heidi Witzig Vetterli,[1] is a Swiss historian.
Biography[edit]
Witzig was born in 1944 in Zürich.[2] She is the daughter of an office furniture manufacturer.[3] She grew up in Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau.[3] She studied history and art history at the universities of Zurich and Florence and earned a doctorate in Zürich with a work about the early Italian Renaissance in 1978.[2] She subsequently worked as a documentalist at Schweizer Fernsehen DSR.[4] She has been a freelance historian since 1986, with a focus on Alltagsgeschichte and women's history.[2] Her works were "motivated for a long time by the anger against the unequal treatment of women".[3]
Around 1982, she became a Socialist municipality councillor in Uster, canton of Zürich.[5][6]
As a co-initiator of the GrossmütterRevolution ("Grandmothers' Revolution"), she engages in favour of "women in retiring age for a maturity in dignity and social protection for all".[7]
Heidi Witzig is a widowed mother of a daughter.[2]
Publications (selection)[edit]
- As an author
- Heidi Schäppi-Witzig: Die Florentiner Bürger und ihre Stadt: Eine kulturgeschichtliche Analyse des 15. Jahrhunderts. Zürich: Reihe W, 1978 (dissertation).
- with Elisabeth Joris: Brave Frauen – aufmüpfige Weiber: Wie sich die Industrialisierung auf Alltag und Lebenszusammenhänge von Frauen auswirkte (1820–1940). Zürich: Chronos, 1992; 3rd edition in 2001.
- Polenta und Paradeplatz: Regionales Alltagsleben auf dem Weg zur modernen Schweiz 1880–1914. Zürich: Chronos, 2000; 2nd edition in 2001.
- Wie kluge Frauen alt werden: Was sie tun und was sie lassen. Mit Porträts von Sabine Bobst. Xanthippe, Zürich 2007; 3rd edition in 2008; pocket book edition in 2012.
- As an editor
- with Elisabeth Joris: Frauengeschichte(n): Dokumente aus zwei Jahrhunderten zur Situation der Frauen in der Schweiz. Zürich: Limmat, 1986; 4th edition in 2001.
- with Felix Müller and Kathrin Arioli: Unruhige Verhältnisse: Frauen und Männer im Zeitalter der Gleichberechtigung. 15 Porträts aus dem Kanton Zürich. Zürich: Limmat, 2002.
References[edit]
- ^ "Rosenburg AG". Handelsregister des Kantons Thurgau (in German). Retrieved April 14, 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Heidi Witzig" (in German). Edition Xanthippe. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Heidi Witzig, Historikerin, und Lucas Niggli, Musiker". Persönlich (in German). Radio DRS 1. February 10, 2008. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
- ^ Frauengeschichte(n): Dokumente aus zwei Jahrhunderten zur Situation der Frauen in der Schweiz (in German) (5th ed.). Zürich: Limmat. 2001. p. 599.
- ^ Müller, Felix (July 6, 2003). "Zum Tod von Ruedi Vetterli". Aktuell (in German). website of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland in Uster. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ^ "Heidi Witzig im Gespräch mit der SP 11" (PDF). kurz & bündig (in German). November 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ Vidal, Fatima (March 10, 2008). "GrossmütterRevolution" (in German). Project "100 aussergewöhnliche Frauen in der Schweiz". Retrieved October 12, 2018.
External links[edit]
- Literature by and about Heidi Witzig in the German National Library catalogue
- "Die Revolution der Grossmütter – Die Historikerin Heidi Witzig im Gespräch mit Norbert Bischofberger". Sternstunde Philosophie (Interview) (in German). Schweizer Fernsehen. January 8, 2012. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013.
- "Heidi Witzig, Historikerin, und Lucas Niggli, Musiker". Persönlich (in German). Radio DRS 1. February 10, 2008.
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- 1944 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Swiss historians
- Swiss women historians
- 21st-century Swiss historians
- Women's historians
- Swiss feminists
- Socialist feminists
- Feminist historians
- 20th-century Swiss politicians
- 20th-century Swiss women politicians
- Social Democratic Party of Switzerland politicians
- Women local politicians
- University of Zurich alumni
- Politicians from Zürich