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  • sailorfish [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    The other day I found out in Switzerland women only got the right to vote in 1971. Wild

    • garbology [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      *Federally.

      Swiss women still couldn't vote at the canton level in 8 of 25 cantons in 1971, and didn't get the right to vote at the canton level everywhere until Nov 1990 (by federal court order). Switzerland is outrageously conservative.