29 aprile 2025|
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|7 months agoHistoric First: Woman Mayor Elected in Last Swiss Canton to Grant Female Suffrage
Angela Koller becomes the first woman mayor in conservative northeastern Swiss canton that only granted women voting rights three decades ago.
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- Angela Koller has been elected as the first female Landammann (mayor) of Appenzell Innerrhoden.
- Appenzell Innerrhoden was the last Swiss canton to grant women the right to vote.
- The election took place via the traditional Landsgemeinde method.
- Federal intervention was required to enforce female suffrage in the canton.
By The Numbers
34 years
Time since suffrage
20 years
Lag behind federal suffrage
14th century
Origin of tradition
41
Age
They Said
"Women might still be standing on the outside had Bern not found the situation so embarrassing that it made the almost unheard of move of ordering Appenzeller men to let their mothers, wives and daughters into the voting ring."