Zurich : Switzerland until recently was the only European country where women did not have the right to vote . Women were to allowed to vote on federal matters but on cantonal or state affairs the women of three romands cantons , Geneva , Neuch漮el and vaad could use their vote . But for the November 5th vote yesterday for the first time in Geneva ' s history women voted and were candidates for the state legislature . here a women casts her vote along with two men . 6 November 1961