Marie Hüni

Marie Hüni (between 1896 and 1910 Marie Walter-Hüni : 15 April 1872 - 2 September 1949) was a Swiss trades unionist and women's rights activist.

Life Marie Hüni was born and grew up in Uetikon, a small town on the north shore of Lake Zürich. Her father, Hans Jakob Hüni, She retained this position through a turbulent period, till 1924. She was energetic as a socialist journalist and agistator. In 1910 she organised at St. Gallen the first congress for working women in 1910. Also in 1910, she was the Swiss delegate to the Second International Congress of Socialist Women at Copenhagen. After 1918 the political mood became increasingly polarised, and Hüni was seen as representing the moderate right wing of the Social Democratic Party, and she lost influence. After 1924 he focus switched more completely to education and welfare work.