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Adelheid Page-Schwerzmann, honorary citizen of Cham, was born on 20 August 1853 in Zug. She grew up as a half-orphan. Thanks to her unconventional marriage to George Page in 1875 she quickly climbed the social ladder. Adelheid Page was an important advisor to her husband and certainly herself influenced business decisions of the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co., of which her husband was the head. In addition, she campaigned strongly for social causes, especially dedicating herself to the fight against tuberculosis. Adelheid Page was a lady of the world”, travelled across Italy and France, took painting lessons and maintained contact with influential people from political and economic spheres – this at a time when the scope of life of many women was often limited to their homes and families. Adelheid Page died on 15 September 1925 in Cham. In memory of her charity there still exists an Adelheid-Page Strasse in Cham, an Adelheid-Page fountain in Unterägeri and an Adelheid Street Dixon in the state of Illinois, the home of her husband.
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