[4] In aiming for a national women's suffrage, two attempts were made; a postulate prepared in the National Council (lower chamber of the Swiss Parliament) was presented to the Federal Council in 1919, and in 1929, with the support of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland and the Swiss Association for Women Suffrage and a petition with over 200,000 signatures also demanded women's suffrage.

[1] The Federal Councillor Heinrich Häberlin eventually left the project of women's suffrage to his successor.

[6] In 1957, the Federal Council revised its doubts on women's suffrage and openly supported it.

[7] Eventually a national referendum was held in 1959 which resulted in the men voting against women's suffrage.

[7] When female teachers of a girls' high school in Basel went on strike due to the outcome, some saw it as evidence that women were not ready for democracy.

[7] A few days ahead of the referendum, Haldimann took part in a panel in the casino in Wohlen with representatives of several parties and Trudi Gerster, a prominent supporter of women's suffrage and also an elected member of the Grand Council of Basel.