February 1, 1959 (Sunday)
- Male voters in Switzerland voted overwhelmingly against allowing women the right to vote, by a margin of 654,924 to 323,306. It was not until 1971 that Swiss women were granted full suffrage. The cantons of Vaud and Neuchâtel approved women voting in local elections.
- Died: Frank Shannon, 84, American actor (Dr. Alexis Zarkov in the Flash Gordon serials)
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“If a man is a good lawyer, a good physician, a good engineer ... he may be a fool in every other capacity. But no deficiency or mistake of judgment is forgiven to a woman ... and should she fail anywhere, if she has any scientific attainment, or artistic faculty, instead of standing her interest as an excuse, it is censured as an aggravation and offence.”
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