205:). Marceline Cordone also took her politics to her professional life as a dentist. In a country where dentistry was and is widely perceived as an exceptionally lucrative profession, an affectionate obituary published after she died recalled that "people fallen on hard times knew where to find care that they would be able to pay for, perhaps, when their fortunes improved".
225:. Photographs appeared showing her in her dental surgery with her infant daughter in her arms. Despite the pioneering role she was playing in respect of Swiss politics, commentators were keen to stress her normality and refute the evidently widespread notion that "for a lot of people a woman who does politics is probably not like other women".
208:
By 1959 women had been entitled to vote in most of western Europe for more than a generation. Unusually for a Swiss domestic political issue, her candidacy for membership of the national parliament and its subsequent rejection on grounds of gender became a news story across and beyond Europe. She
184:
When she had grown up she married an architect called Jean Miéville, and is accordingly identified as
Marceline Miéville in contemporary sources concerning much of her political career. After the marriage ended in divorce, however, she reverted to her former name, Marceline Cordone. She trained
188:
She was, by the standards of the time and place, a militant feminist. She was also politically active more widely, taking a particular interest in third world issues and abortion rights. She engaged actively in the "Swiss women's federation for peace and progress"
243:
in 1962. She resigned her seat when she joined the "Revolutionary
Marxist League" in 1969, thereby making the point, in the words of one sympathetic commentator, that there was "more than one way to do politics".
404:
399:
409:
311:
394:
419:
389:
158:
233:
150:
414:
149:
In 1959 Marceline Miéville became the first woman in
Switzerland to be accepted (initially) as a candidate in a
194:
229:
162:
237:
139:
89:
384:
379:
165:
had rejected female emancipation for national elections by a margin of 2:1 of those (men) who voted.
321:
307:
301:
333:
218:
214:
373:
273:
131:
66:
44:
178:
153:. Her candidature was rejected subsequently, however. Her own canton of
352:
222:
210:
174:
135:
58:
36:
143:
213:
by an
English television crew. The story found a mention in the
181:. Raphaël Cordone, her father, was a secondary school teacher.
240:
154:
62:
40:
228:
Women gained the right to vote in national elections only in
201:. In 1969 she joined the "Revolutionary Marxist League" (
191:"Fédération des femmes suisses pour la paix et le progrès"
157:
became the first canton, in
February 1959, to endorse
142:(as the Swiss "Labour party" is known in parts of the
232:
and
Marceline Miéville never became a member of the
111:
103:
95:
85:
73:
51:
25:
18:
159:votes for women in cantonal and national elections
295:
293:
291:
138:politician. She was a member of the left-wing
276:. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, Berne
8:
234:National Council (Swiss national parliament)
185:as a dentist, receiving her degree in 1946.
347:
345:
343:
267:
265:
263:
261:
259:
15:
177:. The family was not registered to pay
130:: 26 October 1921 – 8 August 2014) was a
238:Regional parliament ("Grand Council") of
306:. Editions d'en bas. pp. 539–540.
255:
329:
319:
236:. She was, however, elected to the
7:
405:20th-century Swiss women politicians
272:Pauline Milani (16 October 2014).
14:
400:Swiss Party of Labour politicians
203:"Ligue marxiste révolutionnaire"
353:"Marceline Cordone (1921-2014)"
209:was interviewed at her home in
410:20th-century Swiss politicians
173:Marceline Cordone was born in
1:
161:, but across the country the
197:"Parti ouvrier et populaire"
151:federal (national) election
436:
395:Canton of Vaud politicians
221:, a regional newspaper in
193:) and was a member of the
140:Parti ouvrier et populaire
420:Swiss socialist feminists
390:Politicians from Lausanne
300:Pierre Jeanneret (2002).
195:Popular Workers' Party (
146:region of the country).
274:"Miéville, Marceline"
303:Femmes et Féminisme
124:Marceline Miéville
20:Marceline Miéville
415:Swiss suffragists
313:978-2-8290-0272-4
128:Marceline Cordone
121:
120:
81:feminist activist
30:Marceline Cordone
427:
365:
364:
362:
360:
349:
338:
337:
331:
327:
325:
317:
297:
286:
285:
283:
281:
269:
219:Correio do Minho
16:
435:
434:
430:
429:
428:
426:
425:
424:
370:
369:
368:
358:
356:
351:
350:
341:
328:
318:
314:
299:
298:
289:
279:
277:
271:
270:
257:
253:
247:
171:
163:1959 referendum
144:French speaking
116:
115:Raphaël Cordone
86:Political party
80:
78:
69:
56:
47:
34:
33:26 October 1921
32:
31:
21:
12:
11:
5:
433:
431:
423:
422:
417:
412:
407:
402:
397:
392:
387:
382:
372:
371:
367:
366:
339:
312:
287:
254:
252:
249:
215:New York Times
170:
167:
134:dentist and a
119:
118:
113:
109:
108:
105:
101:
100:
97:
93:
92:
87:
83:
82:
75:
71:
70:
57:
53:
49:
48:
35:
29:
27:
23:
22:
19:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
432:
421:
418:
416:
413:
411:
408:
406:
403:
401:
398:
396:
393:
391:
388:
386:
383:
381:
378:
377:
375:
355:. SolidaritéS
354:
348:
346:
344:
340:
335:
323:
315:
309:
305:
304:
296:
294:
292:
288:
275:
268:
266:
264:
262:
260:
256:
250:
248:
245:
242:
239:
235:
231:
226:
224:
220:
216:
212:
206:
204:
200:
198:
192:
186:
182:
180:
176:
168:
166:
164:
160:
156:
152:
147:
145:
141:
137:
133:
129:
125:
117:Berthe Collet
114:
110:
106:
102:
99:Jean Miéville
98:
94:
91:
88:
84:
76:
74:Occupation(s)
72:
68:
64:
60:
55:8 August 2014
54:
50:
46:
42:
38:
28:
24:
17:
357:. Retrieved
302:
278:. Retrieved
246:
227:
207:
202:
196:
190:
187:
183:
172:
148:
127:
123:
122:
385:2014 deaths
380:1921 births
330:|work=
67:Switzerland
45:Switzerland
374:Categories
251:References
179:Church tax
79:politician
332:ignored (
322:cite book
169:Biography
112:Parent(s)
223:Portugal
211:Lausanne
175:Lausanne
136:feminist
104:Children
59:Lausanne
37:Lausanne
359:23 July
280:23 July
217:and in
77:dentist
310:
199:/ POP)
126:(born
96:Spouse
132:Swiss
361:2018
334:help
308:ISBN
282:2018
241:Vaud
230:1971
155:Vaud
63:Vaud
52:Died
41:Vaud
26:Born
90:POP
376::
342:^
326::
324:}}
320:{{
290:^
258:^
65:,
61:,
43:,
39:,
363:.
336:)
316:.
284:.
189:(
107:2
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.