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Women in Switzerland gained the right to vote in federal elections after a referendum in February Despite this, in some French-speaking cantons women obtained the right to vote in cantonal referendums. The principal reason for the delay of the Swiss relative to the other European countries was the importance of direct democracy in the political system. The introduction of federal and cantonal universal suffrage necessitated the vote of the majority of the electors, men in this case, for a referendum.
Another reason was the tight connection, since the constitution of , between the right to vote and military service in the Swiss Army , which was compulsory for men.
Direct democracy also allowed the introduction of woman suffrage via the initiative. Many cantons had initiatives for the right to vote prior to For example, the canton of Basel-Stadt had referendums on women's suffrage in , , and The number of women in the houses of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland increased.
In Swiss National Council it went from 10 in to 50 in , and from 1 to 11 in the member Swiss Council of States. Lise Girardin member of FDP. The Liberals served as the first female Councillor of States from to , and was also the first mayor of a Swiss city, namely Geneva in The first female member of the seven-member Swiss Federal Council , Elisabeth Kopp , served from to Ruth Dreifuss , the second female member, served from to , and was the first female President of the Swiss Confederation for the year With the election of Doris Leuthard in , there were again two, and, after January , three with the arrival of Eveline Widmer Schlumpf.