1971: The Shocking Year Swiss Women Finally Got the Vote

It is 1971. In the US, astronauts are driving moon buggies across the lunar surface. In London, crowds are queuing for David Bowie concerts and The Rolling Stones are in their prime. But in Switzerland—wealthy, orderly, famously democratic Switzerland—half the population is still legally barred from voting. The date is February 7, 1971. On this ordinary […]

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