{"id":14131,"date":"2021-10-28T16:59:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T14:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/discover-experience\/the-swiss-womans-ruetli\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T16:33:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:33:57","slug":"the-swiss-womans-ruetli","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/en\/discover-experience\/culture\/the-swiss-womans-ruetli\/","title":{"rendered":"The Swiss woman\u2019s R\u00fctli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kbax8y3e-17b6ad84d95a93b67fbc6affff0e40de\">\n.avia-section.av-kbax8y3e-17b6ad84d95a93b67fbc6affff0e40de .av-parallax .av-parallax-inner{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DSC05557.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-kbax8y3e-17b6ad84d95a93b67fbc6affff0e40de main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  section-fullwidthimage avia-full-stretch av-parallax-section avia-bg-style-parallax av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-50 av-height-50  container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_pc='50' data-av_min_height_opt='50'><div class='av-parallax' data-avia-parallax-ratio='0.3' ><div class='av-parallax-inner main_color avia-full-stretch'><\/div><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-14131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-1n2h9-eef07d2470a934665895b572bc96122f main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  section-leadtext onecol avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-14131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kbawhdx8-9a55faeefcbf4e8706dea9c49b9010c2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A PIECE OF SWISS HISTORY<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">THE SWISS WOMAN&#8217;S R\u00dcTLI<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kbawhdx8-4b6b00edbcd58df42bb800e9e9971c00 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock lead'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>On 5 March 1957, a step towards gender equality was made in Unterb\u00e4ch. Against the will of the national government, the local council granted women a unique right to vote. Thus, the women of Unterb\u00e4ch were the very first women in Switzerland to be allowed to vote &#8211; 14 years before the introduction of women&#8217;s suffrage. For this reason Unterb\u00e4ch is also called the &#8220;R\u00fctli of Swiss women&#8221;. This is in reference to the R\u00fctli (R\u00fctli-Meadow), the place where, according to legend, the alliance of the original Swiss cantons was made, the so-called R\u00fctli-Oath.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kbax4bbr-27f78f1f5574462b1f9eaf8ccb6701aa\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-kbax4bbr-27f78f1f5574462b1f9eaf8ccb6701aa{\nheight:25px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-kbax4bbr-27f78f1f5574462b1f9eaf8ccb6701aa hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kb9j7yy8-c5c71d89769031627fe710b3a684d454 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock lead twocol'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5>COURAGEOUS SWISS SOMEN<\/h5>\n<p>At the end of the 1950s, male order reigns in Switzerland. The men rule the country and the women look after the hearth and home. And then, suddenly and without warning, something unbelievable happens.<\/p>\n<p>It is 2 March 1957, a Saturday, shortly before six in the evening. Crime scene: Unterb\u00e4ch, a village of 400 people in the Upper Valais. There is snow on the streets. A woman in a beige coat with a herringbone pattern is making her way. She has tied a scarf around her and her hair is knotted tightly back. A sign on the side of the road says &#8220;Bureau de vote f\u00e9minin&#8221;. Men line the last steps to the ballot box. When they recognise a familiar face from the village, a deafening noise erupts &#8211; drums being beaten by strong male hands. The woman quickly climbs the stairs. As she slides her ballot paper into the slot of the ballot box, a flurry of flashbulbs from photo cameras captures this historic moment on celluloid. Stones from the male protesters hit the roof. The woman is Katharina Zenh\u00e4usern, wife of the mayor of Unterb\u00e4ch. She had just become the first Swiss woman to make her political will known at the ballot box &#8211; illegally, against the will of the men and the authorities. (Source: blick.ch).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kbax8y3e-cc082bbd6f00f379a4980d907567c9e8\">\n.avia-section.av-kbax8y3e-cc082bbd6f00f379a4980d907567c9e8 .av-parallax .av-parallax-inner{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/IKatharina-Zenhaeusern.jpg);\nbackground-position:100% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-kbax8y3e-cc082bbd6f00f379a4980d907567c9e8 .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.5;\nbackground-color:#000000;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-kbax8y3e-cc082bbd6f00f379a4980d907567c9e8 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_textblock  section-fullwidthimage testimonial avia-full-stretch av-parallax-section avia-bg-style-parallax av-section-color-overlay-active av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-50 av-height-50  container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_pc='50' data-av_min_height_opt='50'><div class='av-parallax' data-avia-parallax-ratio='0.3' ><div class='av-parallax-inner main_color avia-full-stretch'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay-wrap\"><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay\"><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-14131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-323kp-3afdb2948ffc94fdd61ba0f7e082dc83\">\n.flex_column.av-323kp-3afdb2948ffc94fdd61ba0f7e082dc83{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-323kp-3afdb2948ffc94fdd61ba0f7e082dc83 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-7  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kb9j7yy8-2a7d75a6d47f8e0a7fa885d8f33fbdc2\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-kb9j7yy8-2a7d75a6d47f8e0a7fa885d8f33fbdc2 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kb9j7yy8-2a7d75a6d47f8e0a7fa885d8f33fbdc2 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>KATHARINA ZENH\u00c4USERN<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00abSomeone had to be first\u00bb<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Katharina Zenh\u00e4usern was the first Swiss woman to vote at the ballot box. After her, 32 other women from Unterb\u00e4ch went to the ballot box on 3 March 1957 in protest against the men. This was almost a decade and a half before women&#8217;s suffrage was to be introduced in Switzerland. Since then, Unterb\u00e4ch has been known as the &#8220;R\u00fctli of Swiss women&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_3'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-14131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/p>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kb9j7yy8-c5c71d89769031627fe710b3a684d454 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock lead twocol'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5>WHAT&#8217;S GOING ON IN UNTERB\u00c4CH?<\/h5>\n<p>There is this lawyer and prefect, Peter von Roten, who sits in the Grand Council of the Canton of Valais for the Catholic Conservatives. This man has taken it into his head to introduce women&#8217;s suffrage in a subversive way and without amending the constitution, so to speak on his own authority. The Valais electoral law of 1938 provides the jurist with an opportunity to do so. Article 8 states that prisoners or paupers are excluded from exercising political rights &#8211; there is no mention of women. In Unterb\u00e4ch, the situation is favourable in that the municipal council has already decided to register the 150 women of age in the village in the electoral register. And because a federal ballot on the extension of compulsory civil defence to women is scheduled for this weekend, Peter von Roten sees the big day for the historic act as having come &#8211; it is inconceivable to him that only men could decide on compulsory civil defence for women. He also convinces the village teacher and mayor Paul Zenh\u00e4usern of his plan, and he gets his council colleagues on board. And of course the village&#8217;s highest political representative also informs the Valais State Council about the plan, and it is hardly surprising that the message comes back from there that the Unterb\u00e4cher plan is unlawful under constitutional law because it is unconstitutional. (Source: blick.ch).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div id='av-masonry-1' class='av-masonry av-kbrrgn31-1e015cc299fde0baec87b4f33bd445b3 noHover av-fixed-size av-large-gap av-hover-overlay-active av-masonry-animation-active av-masonry-col-3 av-caption-always av-caption-style- av-masonry-gallery ' data-post_id=\"14131\"><div class=\"av-masonry-container isotope av-js-disabled\"><div class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item av-masonry-item-no-image '><\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-1.jpg 980w, https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-1-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-1-260x185.jpg 260w, https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-1-705x504.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\"  aria-label=\"image Das R\u00fctli der Schweizer Frau\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-6836' data-av-masonry-item='6836' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-6836 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image av-grid-img' title=\"Das R\u00fctli der Schweizer Frau\" alt=\"\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-1-705x504.jpg);\"  title=\"Das R\u00fctli der Schweizer Frau\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-2.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-2.jpg 980w, https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-2-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-2-260x185.jpg 260w, https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-2-705x504.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\"  aria-label=\"image Das R\u00fctli der Schweizer Frau 2\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-6827' data-av-masonry-item='6827' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-6827 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image av-grid-img' title=\"Das R\u00fctli der Schweizer Frau 2\" alt=\"\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-2-705x504.jpg);\"  title=\"Das R\u00fctli der Schweizer Frau 2\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><a href=\"https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-4.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-4.jpg 980w, https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-4-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-4-260x185.jpg 260w, https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-4-705x504.jpg 705w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\"  aria-label=\"image Das R\u00fctli der Schweizer Frau 4\"  id='av-masonry-1-item-6833' data-av-masonry-item='6833' class='av-masonry-entry isotope-item post-6833 attachment type-attachment status-inherit hentry  av-masonry-item-with-image av-grid-img' title=\"Das R\u00fctli der Schweizer Frau 4\" alt=\"\"    itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" ><div class='av-inner-masonry-sizer'><\/div><figure class='av-inner-masonry main_color'><div class=\"av-masonry-outerimage-container\"><div class='av-masonry-image-container' style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Das-Ruetli-der-Schweizer-Frau-4-705x504.jpg);\"  title=\"Das R\u00fctli der Schweizer Frau 4\" ><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/a><!--end av-masonry entry--><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kb9j7yy8-c5c71d89769031627fe710b3a684d454 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock lead twocol'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5>A SEVEN-POINT MEMORANDUM<\/h5>\n<p>The mountain villagers react with a seven-point memorandum in which they inform the &#8220;High Council of State of the Canton of Valais&#8221; that the people of Unterbach &#8220;have in no way asked for a consent which, in our opinion, they did not need and whose refusal is therefore legally irrelavant&#8221;. The government down in Sion is then somewhat surprised by the crystal-clear legal rebuff, which can hardly have come from the pen of a village school teacher with no legal knowledge. In fact, the letters were written by Peter von Roten.<br \/>\nBut what no one knows is that behind the two men is a woman &#8211; Iris von Roten, herself a doctor of law, the wife of Peter von Roten. He came out of the closet many years later: &#8220;Iris was the driving force behind my commitment to women&#8217;s suffrage and is therefore the real author of the referendum in Unterb\u00e4ch. Certainly, I would have been in favour even without her influence, but I would hardly have fought so vehemently.&#8221; (Source: blick.ch).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kbax8y3e-5ac83c6043fabe029178e372da9dff8f\">\n.avia-section.av-kbax8y3e-5ac83c6043fabe029178e372da9dff8f .av-parallax .av-parallax-inner{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/unterbaech.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Iris-von-Roten.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 50%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_4'  class='avia-section av-kbax8y3e-5ac83c6043fabe029178e372da9dff8f main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  section-fullwidthimage avia-full-stretch av-parallax-section avia-bg-style-parallax av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-50 av-height-50  container_wrap fullsize'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_pc='50' data-av_min_height_opt='50'><div class='av-parallax' data-avia-parallax-ratio='0.3' ><div class='av-parallax-inner main_color avia-full-stretch'><\/div><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-14131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_4'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-14131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kb9j7yy8-c5c71d89769031627fe710b3a684d454 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock lead twocol'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h5>AHEAD OF THE TIMES<\/h5>\n<p>In 1957, Unterb\u00e4ch sent out a political signal and was ahead of its time. The world press listened and wrote about it, even the &#8220;New York Times&#8221; reported on the illegal activities in the small Swiss mountain community. 33 out of 86 women from Unterb\u00e4cher dared to go to the polling station, and the bill was rejected there and nationally. The women of the Valais had to wait until 1970 before they were granted political rights, and the Swiss women had to wait a year longer.<br \/>\nIn Switzerland, it took another 13 years before Elisabeth Kopp (80), the first woman, was finally elected to the highest national government in 1984. What began in Unterb\u00e4ch, the R\u00fctli of Swiss women as a symbol of women&#8217;s political rights, was crowned by the election of the first woman to the Federal Council. 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