Ersilia Fossati

Ersilia Fossati
Born(1921-03-25)25 March 1921
Died9 October 1999(1999-10-09) (aged 78)
Known forSwiss 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, Fossati was one of the first eleven women elected to the Grand Council of Ticino in 1971.

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