alleryWhich Swiss canton was the first to give women the right to vote, in 1959?
AVaud
BZurich
CGeneva
DBern
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Vaud
1. Women's suffrage in Switzerland came canton by canton.
2. The first canton to grant it was Vaud, in 1959.
3. The last, Appenzell Innerrhoden, changed only in 1990.
_Source: Wikipedia, Universal suffrage, Women's suffrage_
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