Contents: Joy Charnley, Malcolm Pender, Andrew Wilkin: Introduction - Rosemarie Simmen: Women in Switzerland since 1971: Major Achievements - Minor Changes? - Regina Wecker: The Oldest Democracy and Women's Suffrage: The History of a Swiss Paradox - Brigitte Studer: The Rise of 'Public Woman'-Politics, Citizenship and Gender in the Swiss Debate on Female Suffrage after World War Two - Beatrice von Matt: New Women's Writing in German-speaking Switzerland - Agnès Cardinal: Reclaiming the Past: Recent Writings by German-speaking Swiss Women - Erika Swales: 'Wörter, die man schluckt, werden lebendig': Reflections on Eveline Hasler's Anna Göldin Letzte Hexe - Joy Charnley: Women Writing in French-speaking Switzerland - Andrew Wilkin: New Women's Writing in Italian-speaking Switzerland - Liz Lochhead, Anne Cuneo, Amélie Plume, Isolde Schaad: Writing as a Woman in a Small Country, Round-table Discussion - Joy Charnley, Malcolm Pender, Andrew Wilkin: Interview with Patricia Plattner - Elisabetta Pagnossin Aligisakis: The Current Status of Women in Political Life: Women and Politics in Switzerland since 1971 - Annelies Debrunner: Women in Public Office in Switzerland - Yvette Jaggi: Swiss Women's Long March to Equality.
