Századok – 2022

2022 / 2. szám - TANULMÁNYOK - Gyarmati Enikő: Bédy-Schwimmer Rózsa berni követi kinevezése a svájci források és szempontok tükrében (1918)

BÉDY-SCHWIMMER RÓZSA BERNI KÖVETI KINEVEZÉSE

back up the refusal, and also examines the domestic and foreign political motivations of the Swiss government. Officially, the envoy was denied accreditation on account of „her appointment being contrary to diplomatic protocol”, however, the real cause was the Swiss aversion to her personality. An equally important role was played in the denial by the economic and international political situation of Switzerland. Under the sway of the Entente powers, the country rejected everything and everyone connected in any way to the political stream of Bolshevism. In the case of Rózsa

Bédy-Schwimmer, the

representation of feminism, and her close cooperation with left-wing, Socialist forces, played a decisive role in her failure to get the Swiss agrément.

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