The Swiss Connection

Why women's suffrage took so long

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March 02, 2021 3:00am

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Switzerland is celebrating a rather awkward anniversary this year. It was only 50 years ago that women got the right to vote at the federal level. What was the hold-up? And what’s still holding women back today?

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