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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

#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

1920s suffragists marching through a street. They are pulling a parade float that carries a giant paper mache snail.
1920s suffragists marching through a street. They are pulling a parade float that carries a giant paper mache snail.
1920s suffragists marching through a street. They are pulling a parade float that carries a giant paper mache snail.
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