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"Who Belongs" or the Question of Women's Citizenship in Switzerland Since 1798
Editor(s)
Kimble, Sara L.; Röwekamp, Marion
Book title
New Perspectives on European Women's Legal History
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
New York
Pages
349-375
ISSN/ISBN
978-1-138-80554-5 ; 978-1-315-73956-4
Series title
Routledge Research in Gender and History
Number
24
Keywords
Women's Citizenship, Nation and Nationality, Switzerland 1798 - 2015, Acquirement and Loss of Citizenship
Abstract
The contribution deals with discriminatory legal provisions women were facing concerning citizenship and nationality. It focuses on the consequences as well as on the influence those factors had on their family situation, on marriage, and their opportunities and expectations in life. It asks for the meaning of women's "incomplete" citizenship and for the connections, amalgamations and intersections with the longtime denial of women's political right in Switzerland. It covers the time between the “Helvetic” (1798) and the present (2015) and shows the consequences of the historical formation for recent developments.
