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Rupert

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50 years ago before women had the vote....
« on: February 07, 2021, 09:02:27 AM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-55950920
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Women in Switzerland are remembering a key moment in history this weekend - the 50th anniversary of finally being granted the right to vote.
Switzerland lagged far behind its neighbours Italy, France, and Germany, becoming one of the last countries in Europe to offer women equal political rights.

It was also 50 years ago on I think 4th Feb, that Rolls Royce aero Engines went into Bankruptcy over problems with a carbon fibre fan blade.  (Dad was working there at the time, the anniversary went by unnoticed in our City of Derby, the Head office of the Company.)

I find both of these events quite astonishing.
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Re: 50 years ago before women had the vote....
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2021, 06:07:18 PM »
Here's the shocking thing in Switzerland: women did not gain full voting rights in the the canton of Apenzell until 1991. Until then, they could vote in federal elections, but not local and cantonal elections.
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