Swiss author Johanna Spyri wrote which famous children’s book about a young orphan girl in her grandfather’s care?
Johanna Spyri Johanna Spyri Johanna Louise Spyri (née Heusser; ; 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of novels, notably children's stories, and is best known for her book "Heidi". Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels. In 1852, Johanna Heusser married Bernhard Spyri. Bernhard was a lawyer. Whilst living in the city of Zürich she began to write about life in the country. Her first story, "A Note on Vrony's Grave", which
Emilie Kempin-Spyri Emilie Kempin-Spyri Emilie Kempin-Spyri (born March 18, 1853 in Altstetten; died April 12, 1901 in Basel; née Spyri, married name Kempin) was the first woman in Switzerland to graduate with a law degree and to be accepted as an academic lecturer. However, as a woman she was not permitted to practice as an attorney; therefore she emigrated to New York, where she taught at a law school she established for women. Emilie Kempin-Spyri was the niece of the author Johanna Spyri. She matriculated at the University of Zürich in 1883 as the first Swiss woman in the legal faculty. In