Moments In History That Really Shouldn’t Have Overlapped but Strangely Did

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was the first woman prime minister of India. She was in office from 1966 to 1977 as the first woman in India’s history to do so, succeeding her father, who had been the first prime minister India had.

Switzerland, in the meantime, did not even give women the right to vote until 1971. It’s almost surreal to think about, given how long it’s been since the start of the suffragette movement. A lot has changed in the world since just the 70s.