Camille Vidart

Camille Vidart (1854–1930) was a Swiss educator, translator, women's rights activist and pacifist. An accomplished speaker, she was active in many women's associations, including the International Abolitionist Federation, Association internationale des femmes, International Council of Women, International Alliance of Women and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. As a translator, Vidart translated Johanna Spyri's Heidi from German into French. She devoted considerable efforts to fighting for women's suffrage in Switzerland but was unable to achieve success.

Early life Born on 14 February 1854 in Divonne-les-Bains, a French town to the north of Geneva, Camille Vidart was the elder daughter of the physician Alphonse Vidart and his Swiss wife Jeanne-Louise née Vaucher. After the early death of her mother, Vidart was raised by an aunt in Geneva. In 1874, she graduated in French at the University of Lyon. She completed her career as a teacher at the École Vinet in Lausanne (1884–1886), moving there to care for an aunt in poor health. she helped to found the World Union for International Concord. She became a member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, also established in Geneva in 1915.

Camille Vidart died in Geneva on 29 June 1930.