Denise Berthoud
Female, Deceased Person
1916 – 2005
Who was Denise Berthoud?
Denise Berthoud was born in Neuchâtel and was the third of Henri Berthoud and Marianne Perrier's five children. She was the sister of Raymonde Berthoud, granddaughter of Jean-Edouard Berthoud, great-niece of Louis Perrier and great-granddaughter of Louis-Daniel Perrier.
In 1942 she finished her studies in law and actuarial science at the University of Neuchâtel. As a lawyer, Berthoud sat at the board of directors of the Swiss insurer Altstadt Compagnie d'Assurances SA between 1959 and 1986.
In 1958 she was associate at the Swiss Association for Women having graduated from Universities and president of the Swiss Exposition for Working Women.
In 1952 she was committee member of the Union of Swiss Women's Societies and became its president in 1955 until 1959. She represented the union to the Commercial Policy Federal Commission from 1957 until 1979 and to the council of war.
Between 1958 and 1969 Berthoud was member of the Swiss Red Cross executive committee.
Between 1968 and 1980 she was vice-president of the Forum Helveticum, a platform for discussion of current issues in Swiss public life.
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