50 Years of Swiss Women's Suffrage!
She
commemorates Swiss coin for
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introduction of voting rights for women!
On April 29, 2021, the Federal Mint Swiss mint is launching a new gold coin. With the special coin she commemorates the introduction of voting rights for women at the federal level in Switzerland 50 years ago.
The efforts of Swiss women for equal political rights go back to the 19th century. After a long struggle, women's suffrage in Switzerland (voting and electoral rights) was finally introduced by a federal vote on February 7, 1971 and formally became effective on March 16, 1971.
50 years ago, for example, voters clearly accepted federal voting and election rights for women with 66% YES votes. In the following elections to the National Council in October 1971, eleven women were elected. In the later years, the proportion of women in the National Council rose steadily - currently it is 42%.
February 7, 2021 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of voting rights for women at the federal level. Swiss mint is honoring this important national political event with a 50-franc gold coin.
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