Swiss suffragettes were still fighting for the right to vote in 1971. The Long Way to Women s Right to Vote in Switzerland: a Chronology Switzerland s women were granted right to vote only in 1971. 195 Public campaign on the referenduOnly the Social Democratic Party, the trade unions, a very small independent party and the Communist Party.
And demanded a national referendum on voting rights the following year. Time for a referendum on the establishment of women s suffrage for. Why did it take so long for Switzerland to give women the right to. A national referendum held on February 195 asking whether women should be granted the right to vote faile with voting no 10. The Swiss Women Against Voting Rights Association campaigned on the.
Swiss women protest in 19prior to the all-male vote which at last granted them.
Nevertheless there were many votes for women s suffrage on cantonal level.