Since time immemorial, women have been a part of society, whether alone, in groups or in associations. Some gained such freedom naturally, while others had to fight long and hard for their rights. Some pursued their own personal goals, others fought for more rights or better education for all women. Most of these courageous women were involved in social causes. Women are often expected to care for those around them: a role that many of them embraced.
The stories of the women of Burgdorf and the Emmental could fill an entire museum. This exhibition focuses on just a few of them. Both modern women and women alive decades or even centuries ago. These women of action forged their own paths and changed the world, in the past as well as in the present, in ways both big and small.