Iris von Roten-Meyer (2 April 1917 – 11 September 1990) was a Swiss journalist, writer, feminist, jurist and a lawyer.
She is most known for her feminist work Frauen im Laufgitter: the book received such negative criticism and hostility that she was blamed for the fact that the proposal for women's suffrage was voted down in 1959.
von Rotens daughter Hortenia has been quoted explaining the rejection, saying: "Women do not like to recognize and do not gladly admit what a lousy situation they are.
"[4][5] After the negative reception of her book, she left for Turkey to fulfill a childhood dream and not, as many believed, to run from the backlash.
[3] After her short stay in Turkey, von Roten returned to Switzerland and wrote a memoir of her Travels.