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regarding women in relation to women's suffrage were undertaken in Basel-Stadt, Geneva and Zurich, in which a vast majority of the women supported women's suffrage. In 1957, the
Federal Council revised its doubts on women's suffrage and openly supported it. Eventually a national referendum was held in 1959 which resulted in the men voting against women's suffrage. The Federation of Swiss women against women's suffrage was established by the Committee of Swiss women against women's suffrage. When female teachers of a girls' high school in Basel went on strike due to the outcome, some saw it as evidence that women were not ready for democracy.
139:, the country's largest retail company was also a prominent factor in the campaign. The company formed a committee in support of the referendum within the company, printed bags publicising the yes campaign and published articles supportive of it in its company-owned magazine, which with a circulation of over 600,000 was one of the largest in Switzerland at the time. Also
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eventually left the project of women's suffrage to his successor. After several cantonal referendums on women's suffrage in the 1940s, the outcome was negative, in 1951, the
Federal Council reasoned the time was not right for a national referendum on women's suffrage. Following this, surveys
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the Swiss
Association for Women's Suffrage was established, Its aim was for a complete women's suffrage and not only a restricted one in religious or educational matters. In aiming for a national women's suffrage, two attempts were made; a postulate prepared in the
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and Ida Monn-Krieger, still campaigned against suffrage but their allies withdrew their support with time. Also the
Catholic conservative politicians began to support women's suffrage. A few days ahead of the referendum, Haldimann took part in a panel in the
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The referendum took place on 7 February 1971, and the result was that a majority of 65.7% approved women's suffrage. The approval was expected as several cantons had approved women's suffrage in the years before.
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with the exclusion of women's suffrage, women's associations opposed this aim vigorously. In March 1969, thousands of women were led by
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663:"Radio SRF Musikwelle - Archivperle: Emilie Lieberherr beim "Marsch auf Bern""
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761:"50 Jahre Frauenstimmrecht - Archivperlen eines Schweizer Heldinnenkampfes"
547:"Vor 150 bis 30 Jahren: Der lange Weg zum Schweizer Frauenstimmrecht"
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444:"50 Years of Women's Suffrage in Switzerland | In Custodia Legis"
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introduced the cantonal women's suffrage in April 1989, but
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385:"Frauenstimmrecht in der Schweiz"
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318:Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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844:1971 in Switzerland
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511:Amliger, Fabienne.
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351:References
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33:Background
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158:Choice
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267:Total
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