Marguerite Frick-Cramer
Swiss legal scholar, historian and humanitarian activist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Marguerite "Meggy"[1] Frick-Cramer (28 December 1887, Geneva – 22 October 1963, Geneva), born Renée-Marguerite Cramer, was a Swiss legal scholar, historian, and humanitarian activist.[2] She was the first woman to sit on the governing body of an international organization, when she was made a member of the board of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 1918.
Marguerite Frick-Cramer | |
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Born | (1887-12-28)28 December 1887 |
Died | 22 October 1963(1963-10-22) (aged 75) |
Nationality | Swiss |
Scientific career | |
Fields | History, International Humanitarian Law |
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In 1910, she became the third woman in Switzerland to obtain the license for working as an advocate. In 1917, she became the first ever female delegate of the ICRC,[3] and the first ever female member of its governing body in 1918.[4][5] Simultaneously, she became the first female historian to become a deputy professor in Switzerland.[6] As the first woman to co-draft a Geneva Convention in 1929, Frick-Cramer was a pioneer for gender equality in the development of international humanitarian law.[7]
During the reign of Nazism in Germany, and especially during the Second World War, she became an outspoken advocate inside the ICRC leadership, publicly denouncing Nazi Germany's systems of concentration and extermination camps.[5][8]