#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.

#WomenInHistory #SwissHistory #Histodons

#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.

#WomenInHistory #SwissHistory #Histodons