Hedwig Bleuler-Waser  Sophie Hedwig Bleuler-Waser (née Sophie Hedwig Waser; born 29 December 1869 in Zurich – 1 February 1940 in Zollikon) was a Swiss suffragette who founded the Swiss Federation of Abstinent Women. Bleuler-Waser was born on 29 December 1869 in Zurich. Bleuler-Wase married Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler. The two met while campaigning for the abstinence movement. The couple did not frequent Church and followed the ideas of the Enlightenment. At the time of their marriage,   In 1901 she met Auguste Forel, a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and eugenicist, and at his suggestion, she founded the Swiss Federation of Abstinent Women. She chaired the Federation as president until October 1921. Together with her five children, she ran social events at the hospital her husband worked at, including serving afternoon tea. In 1907, Bleuler-Waser graduated from the University of Zurich, becoming one of the few women to receive her doctorate. While at the University of Zurich she established lasting friendships with Marie Baum, Ricarda Huch and Marianne Plehn. After completing her doctorate, she taught at the Höhere Töchterschule in Zürich. During World War 1, Bleuler-Waser and Else Züblin were involved in the construction of alcohol-free soldiers' offices. In the winter of 1917, she started women's education courses in Zurich. For most of the time Bleuler was working in Burghölzli, between 1898 and 1927, the family lived together in an apartment outside the clinic. The apartment was also home to a secretary and junior doctor. From 1919 until 1937, she led the German-Swiss Ortsgruppenvereinigung (Local chapter of Association). The following is a list of selected publications: