woah. you could get fined for trying to vote?! little fact - universal suffrage for women in Switzerland didn't happen until 1991. crazy.
...that's because it's a direct democracy, and even though the government tried to give women the vote, the voters (men) kept voting it down.
Unbelievable! Thanks, Ellen.Marie!http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/chronology-womens-right-vote-switzerland.html
woah. you could get fined for trying to vote?!
ReplyDeletelittle fact - universal suffrage for women in Switzerland didn't happen until 1991. crazy.
...that's because it's a direct democracy, and even though the government tried to give women the vote, the voters (men) kept voting it down.
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable! Thanks, Ellen.Marie!
Deletehttp://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/chronology-womens-right-vote-switzerland.html