Home » News » Timeline on women’s suffrage in Switzerland Timeline on women’s suffrage in Switzerland January 4, 2021 by world today news In 1868, anonymous women from Zurich dared to take a bold move: They demanded a political say at cantonal level. It would take more than a hundred years before she and the other Swiss women finally received the right to vote. — — In 1868 the women of Zurich officially demanded women’s suffrage for the first time. Illustration Anja Lemcke — In his writing “The right of women” asks the Zurich liberal Johann Jakob Leuthy in 1833: «Does man have the right to be free? Are women people too? Do they therefore have an equal right to be free? Anyone who has only grasped the first foundations of thought will surely come to the right conclusion. ” – Related posts:First airport cancels aid flights to TurkeyBG servant of the USSR with a scandalous comment about the warTyphoon No. 11 Approaching Sakishima Islands, Typhoon No. 12 Bringing Warm and Humid Weather: Japan ...Covid-19 USA and New York become the new center of the coronavirus crisisShare this:FacebookX Related Josep Oughourlian will fight for Prisa to return to television 01/04/2021 Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Jobs in Bahrain (Jan 2021) Leave a Comment Cancel replyCommentName Email Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.