{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Elise Honegger | image = Elise-Honegger.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1839|11|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Stäfa, Switzerland | death_date = {{death date and age|1912|11|14|1839|11|28|df=y}} | death_place = St. Gallen, Switzerland | alma_mater = | other_names = | occupation = Journalist, Activist | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | spouse = Mathias Egger (1867-1879) }}
'''Elise Honegger''' (28 November 1839 – 14 November 1912),<ref name="Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek">{{cite web |title=Honegger, Elise |url=http://d-nb.info/gnd/1029674299 |website=Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek |accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref> was a Swiss feminist and journalist. In 1885, she founded and chaired the first national women's organization in Switzerland, Schweizer Frauen-Verband.
==Biography== Honegger was born in Stäfa on 28 November 1839.<ref name="Historischen Lexikon">{{cite web |date=24 November 2006 |title=Honegger, Elise |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/009334/2006-11-24/ |accessdate=1 June 2019 |website=Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz |language=de}}</ref><ref name="Avenir Suisse"/>
In 1867 she married Mathias Egger with whom she had seven children. Honegger's husband was a newspaper publisher and around 1878 Elise edited the women's supplement of his publication ''Republikaners''. Soon thereafter she divorced from her husband, taking employment as a freelance publisher and editor. Honneger established the women's newspaper ''Schweizer Frauen-Zeitung'' in 1879. The magazine was commercially successful, focusing on the role of wives and mothers (häusl).<ref name="Historischen Lexikon"/><ref name="Avenir Suisse">{{cite web |title=Elise Honegger (1839-1912) |url=https://www.avenir-suisse.ch/fr/elise-honegger-1839-1912-2/ |website=Avenir Suisse |accessdate=1 June 2019 |language=fr-FR |date=22 July 2014}}</ref>
Outside of her position as publisher, Honneger advocated for raising the status of women. In 1882 Honneger founded the Schweizer Frauen-Verband (Swiss Women's Association). In 1885 she was elected as the organization's first president.<ref name="Historischen Lexikon"/> She soon came into conflict with the board and resigned in 1886.<ref name="Historischen Lexikon"/>
She kept publishing her newspaper, selling it in 1911, remaining as editor almost until her death on 14 November 1912 in St. Gallen.<ref name="Historischen Lexikon"/>
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