Switzerland was one of the last European countries to introduce women's suffrage — in 1971, meaning this year marks the 50th anniversary.

The anti-suffrage posters are quite something: https://twitter.com/mathieuvonrohr/status/1357249500734226438

Similar examples were printed in other countries too, of course, like this one in 1909 from (I think) the UK.

But while many European women got the vote by 1918 (at least partially), Swiss women still looked at posters like this after WWII:

(Both examples from 1946, via NZZ: https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/50-jahre-frauenstimmrecht-so-haben-die-kampagnen-ausgesehen-ld.1590339)

This is from 1968 (!!)

(via: https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/multimedia/affiches-d-un-autre-%C3%A2ge/29348330)

And this is how one tabloid marked the occasion of the (successful) 1971 referendum: https://twitter.com/mathieuvonrohr/status/1357241570924363776

On a more positive note, some pro-suffrage posters (1920s-1950s), all via: https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/multimedia/affiches-d-un-autre-%C3%A2ge/29348330

The vote took place on Feb 7, 1971.

But equality's a long way away. In one of the world's wealthiest countries, women earn 20% less than men.

Paternity leave became a thing just *one month ago* — a change triggered in large part by a 2019 women's strike. https://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/ein-jahr-nach-dem-streik-haben-die-frauen-gepunktet/45829644

Footnote I: The 1971 was about the federal level. Some cantons had started allowing women to vote in the late 1950s.

But one canton held onto their all-male voting until 1990 (!) when the Swiss top court ruled it unconstitutional.

Footnote II: But Switzerland was not the *last* European country to let women vote. That dishonor belongs to Liechtenstein in 1984.

Footnote III: Two thirds of Swiss voters said yes in 1971.

But I just looked up the Liechtenstein 1984 referendum and that very nearly didn't pass even then: 51% yes vs 49% no. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Liechtenstein_women%27s_suffrage_referendum