[agurk]

> Swiss women didn't get the vote at federal level until 1991

To be pedantic it was one Canton (Appenzell Innerrhoden) that the supreme court finally forced to let women have full voting rights, as in the rest if the Cantons, in 1990 [0]. So it was part of the state forcing this rather than through their direct democracy, which makes the issue even more interesting.

The other states were still slow at granting universal suffrage, Vaud being the first in 1959.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_suffrage_in_Switzerl...

[hkt]

That is interesting - as you can tell I only had a shallow knowledge of it. I'll read more about how it works. Thanks!