1971 was a whirlwind: NASA astronauts roamed the Moon’s surface in the Lunar Roving Vehicle, expanding humanity’s reach beyond our world. That same year, Switzerland finally granted Swiss women the right to vote in federal elections. As astronauts rode lunar craters, Swiss women were claiming their voice at the ballot box.

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