This story was originally broadcast on the BBC World Service.
Swiss women remember getting the vote - only 50 years ago.
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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