Marceline Miéville, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marceline Miéville

Swiss politician (1921-2014)

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1921

Place of Birth: Lausanne, canton of Bern, Switzerland

Date of Death: 08-Aug-2014

Profession: dentist, politician, suffragist

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Marceline Miéville (born Marceline Cordone: 26 October 1921 - 8 August 2014) was a Swiss dentist and a feminist politician.
She was a member of the left-wing Parti ouvrier et populaire (as the Swiss "Labour party" is known in parts of the French speaking region of the country).In 1959 Marceline Miéville became the first woman in Switzerland to be accepted (initially) as a candidate in a federal (national) election.
Her candidature was rejected subsequently, however.
Her own canton of Vaud became the first canton, in February 1959, to endorse votes for women in cantonal and national elections, but across the country the 1959 referendum had rejected female emancipation for national elections by a margin of 2:1 of those (men) who voted.