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Title:All about Scandinavia
Moderator:TLE::SAVAGE
Created:Wed Dec 11 1985
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:603
Total number of notes:4325

538.0. "Women's Voting Rights" by PERSKY::CHAPITIS () Fri Feb 19 1993 14:44

        I'm trying to get some information about the recent history of
        the right to vote for women in a Scandanavian country. I remember
        having a conversation with someone who told me one of the Scandanavian
        countries (can't remember which one specifically) either did not
        allow women to vote, or only fairly recently (last 20 years or so)
        gave women the right to vote. Is this at all correct, and if so, which
        country and what are the details, or is this totally off the wall?
        Thanks for any info.

        -MC
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538.1I vote!!STKHLM::HORNBLADWed Feb 24 1993 16:2416
    
    Hi,
    
    Here in Sweden women got the right to vote in 1921, in Denmark  1915
    and Norway 1913. Could it be that you are getting Sweden and Switzerland 
    mixed up? Switzerland is a very conservative country and they didn't
    allow women to vote until 1971 on federal level. In fact one part 
    of Switzerland (Appenzell) did not give their women voting rights until 
    last year.
    
    
    Maria, Stockholm Sweden
538.2....lot of culture....ZUR01::JAUNINAndr�, Soft Supp CH (VXT, EWS, Motif)Fri Sep 03 1993 04:5226
  >...Switzerland is a very conservative country...

  - We (swiss) don't have any Queen or other royality stuff...
  - We have a woman in our "7 head" government...
  - Switzerland as a service center (banking,...) of worldwide renown...
  - Switzerland = independence...
  - ....

           would this all be possible in a very conservative country ???

   
   > ...one part of Switzerland (Appenzell)...

  - In our small country we have four languages (german, french, italien, roman)
    and lot of different cultures. It is very difficult to convince all the 6 
    mio. swiss of something.
    But you have to, because we not just vote for persons to sit in a parliament
    we also have the right to vote for special things.
   
    For example: Two years ago we could vote if we din't want our army any 
                 longer ....!!!!!!

one_ot_the_non_conservative_swiss
andre