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Swiss women remember getting the vote - only 50 years ago.

Campaigners in Zurich demand the right for women to vote in 1971
Campaigners in Zurich demand the right for women to vote in 1971 Source: Getty Archive

Swiss women got the vote nearly 70 years after Australian women - so why did it take so long?


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By Imogen Foulkes (BBC)

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Swiss women got the vote nearly 70 years after Australian women - so why did it take so long?


This story was originally broadcast on the BBC World Service.


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