suffragette

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suffragette (plural suffragettes)

(historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.
Synonym: (general term) suffragist

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In 1906 Daily Mail journalist Charles Hands referred to militant women using the diminutive term " suffragette " (rather than the standard " suffragist "). Source: Internet

A Labour Party member for 91 years and a founder of one of the first trade unions for women, she cut her teeth as a suffragette. Source: Internet

But Vicky has other things on her mind: her clandestine application to the Royal College of Art; her participation in the suffragette movement; and her growing attraction to a working-class boy who may be her muse—or may be the love of her life. Source: Internet

In the Alaska Territory, suffragette Charlotte Brody is a newspaper reporter in the frontier town of Cordova. Source: Internet

Was the head-to-toe white an allusion to the shade of the suffragette movement? Source: Internet

The two groups came together, a board of directors was formed, and Forester’s Hall in Nicoll Street, once home to rowdy suffragette meetings, was opened with a production of James Elroy Fleckers Hassan. Source: Internet

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