#OnThisDay, 7 Feb 1971, women in Switzerland win the right to vote in federal elections after a national referendum. One canton continued to deny women the vote until a court case in 1990.
Snail pic is from a suffrage protest in 1928 which was complaining about the slow progress towards #VotesForWomen.
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#OnThisDay, 7 Feb 1971, women in Switzerland win the right to vote in federal elections after a national referendum.
Snail pic is from a suffrage protest in 1928 which was complaining about the slow progress towards #VotesForWomen.
🇨🇭🗳️ Did you know the origins of direct democracy in the US can be traced back to a Swiss socialist named Karl Bürkli? He brought the idea of citizens' initiatives and referendums from Zurich to America in the late 1800s.
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