Emma Coradi-Stahl

Emma Coradi-Stahl (9 November 1846 – 8 April 1912) was a Swiss feminist. She was the founder of the Schweizerische Gemeinnützige Frauenverein and an activist for the vocational training of young girls in Switzerland.

Early life Coradi was born on 9 November 1846 to Jakob Stahl. She grew up in Dozwil and received training in typical female work such as needlework and French.

Career In 1874, Coradi-Stahl opened a broderie business in Aarau. More than 10 years later, she joined the executive committee of the Switzerland Women's Association. Before this, she published an entitled "How Gritli learns to keep a house," which promoted vocational and home economics education for young women. After Gertrud Villiger-Keller resigned, Coradi served as president of the Schweizerische Gemeinnützige Frauenverein from 1908 to 1912. Coradi– Stahl, like her predecessors, advocated for woman has to learn professions, but keep their feminine nature. Coradi-Stahl then began to lecture across Europe on manual labor and petitioned for financial support for the further education of girls.