Ursula Koch Ursula Koch Ursula Koch (1 July 1941 in Zürich, citizen of Zürich) is a former Swiss politician, and was the first women president of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP). Born and raised in Zürich, Ursula Koch attended "Sekundarschule" in the municipality of Stäfa on "Zürichsee" lake shore. Thereafter she worked as a domestic helper in Lausanne, the so-called "Welschlandjahr" which at that time usually teenage women absolved in western Switzerland ("Welschland") to improve the knowledge of the French language. She graduated at the teacher training college in Zürich, and absolved in 1962 an exchange year at the University
Ursula van Beckum Ursula van Beckum Ursula van Beckum née Ursula von Werdum (before 1520 – 13 November 1544) was a Dutch Anabaptist noblewoman who was burned at the stake for heresy in Delden, the Netherlands. She was born as the daughter of Ulrich von Werdum (d. 1530) and Armgard von Fikensolt. On 12 June 1538 she married Johan Hendrik van Beckum and went to live with him in Nijenhuis, his castle in Diepenheim. Her sister-in-law Maria van Beckum became a follower of David Joris and was sent out of her house by her stepmother as an Anabaptist. She fled to Ursula who