Swiss politician, campaigner for women's suffrage, one of first eleven women elected to the Grand Council of Ticino in 1971.
Ersilia Fossati (25 March 1921 - 9 October 1999) was a Swiss politician from the canton of Ticino. She was a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland and a campaigner for women's suffrage. When Switzerland eventually granted women the federal vote on 7 February 1971,[1] Fossati was one of the first eleven women elected to the Grand Council of Ticino in 1971.
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ErsiliaFossati (25 March 1921 - 9 October 1999) was a Swiss politician from the canton of Ticino. She was a member of the Christian Democratic People's...
women were elected to the Grand Council of Ticino in 1971, they were ErsiliaFossati, Marili Terribilini-Fluck, Elsa Franconi-Poretti, Linda Brenni, Elda...
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