Switzerland Policy Woman Voting Rights (b/w photo)

Two women stand in front of a phone booth in Zurich with a poster promoting the rejection of women's suffrage. The writing says: “Men - brothers - sons - save us from politics. Our world is hearth and home and it will remain so. This is why we need a double no to women's suffrage. Zurich's woman who trust their husbands.” The poster is signed by the “Cantonal Action Committee against Women's Suffrage”. In municipal matters, Zurich's women were allowed to vote from 1969 onwards, on the federal level of their men, brothers and son saved them from politics until 1972.