What is Marthe Gosteli?
{{Infobox person | name = Marthe Gosteli | image = Marthe Gosteli - Foto Boss.tif | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by the blind and visually impaired's speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|12|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Worblaufen]], [[Switzerland]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|4|7|1917|12|22|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Muri bei Bern]], Switzerland | nationality = Swiss | other_names = | occupation = archivist and suffrage activist | years_active = 1940{{ndash}}2014 | known_for = creating the Swiss women's history archive | notable_works = }} '''Marthe Gosteli''' (22 December 1917 – 7 April 2017) was a Swiss suffrage activist and archivist. Gosteli led the fight for [[Women's suffrage|women's right to vote]] in [[Switzerland]]. Later she focused her attention on preserving the history of Swiss women. She created an archive of women's biographies and history. Gosteli's work was recognized by many honors and awards, including the 2011 Swiss Human Rights Award. Gosteli died from complications of a fall in [[Muri bei Bern]], Switzerland on 7 April 2017, aged 99.<ref>[http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/marthe-gosteli_doyenne-of-women-s-rights-in-switzerland-dies/43094924 Doyenne of women’s rights in Switzerland dies]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.gosteli-foundation.ch/en/swiss-feminist-movement-archives?set_language=en/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307195333/http://www.gosteli-foundation.ch/en/swiss-feminist-movement-archives?set_language=en%2F |date=2016-03-07 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gosteli, Marthe}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:People from Bern-Mittelland District]] [[Category:Swiss activists]] {{bio-stub}}