Women's Voting Rights in Europe After World War One
Women got the right to vote everywhere else in europe in world war one and in a few places in world war two. But women in switzerland only go out full voting rights in 19 71. It wasn't until the time of the sexual revolution, which was catilized by the availability of birth control, that enough swiss women were finally motivated enough to win full voting rights.
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Human beings have free will, but our actions are constrained by material realities. Understanding how material and practical conditions shape human behaviour can make all the difference between success and catastrophic failure when it comes to the whole spectrum of political action, from private sector negotiation, to crafting legislation, to making a revolution.
In this episode we look at:
The relationship between economic activity and the high status of women in traditional Haudenosaunee / Iroquois society
How World War I helped women win the right to vote in Europe and North America
How World War II catalyzed the Black civil rights movement in the United States.
The success, failure, and accidental success of the English Peasant’s Revolt of 1381
The implications of the Anarchist Revolution in Spain in 1936-1939 for the future of industrial civilization.
