suffragette
noun
suf·frag·ette
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Definition of suffragette
: a woman who advocates suffrage for women
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One group was that of first-wave feminists, who ranged from organizers of temperance unions calling for the prohibition of alcohol to suffragettes who fought for womenâs right to vote. — William To, azcentral, "Love in the time of loss: âShining Browâ and the life of Frank Lloyd Wright," 30 Aug. 2019 Her name appears on the list of signatories to the 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration â a manifesto created during the first womenâs rights convention in the United States â right below Elizabeth Cady Stanton, of suffragette fame. — Katharine Wilkinson, Time, "The Woman Who Discovered the Cause of Global Warming Was Long Overlooked. Her Story Is a Reminder to Champion All Women Leading on Climate," 17 July 2019 Thanks for telling me that my white halter top still counted as a tribute to the suffragettes. — Sarah Solomon, The New Yorker, "To All the Women in Bathroom Lines Weâve Befriended Before," 12 June 2019 The gesture harkened back to the suffragettes and the Winner of the Popular Vote at last yearâs presidential inauguration. — Elizabeth Greenwood, Glamour, "White Roses or Not, the Lessons of #TimesUp Were Mostly Missing from the 2018 Grammys," 29 Jan. 2018 Buried among these prominent Ethiopians is Sylvia Pankhurst, the British suffragette, writer, artist, and anti-colonial crusader. — Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa, "The British suffragette who was crowned an âhonoraryâ Ethiopian," 25 June 2019 In the past, a woman wearing non-feminine clothing usually meant something: a symbol of resistance during the French Revolution; a challenge to the patriarchy for early-20th-century suffragettes; a bid for workplace inclusion in the 1970s and â80s. — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, "Who Needs Gender? Why Men and Women Are Dressing Identically," 21 Feb. 2019 At the time of the incident, British public buildings were on high alert for weapon-wielding suffragettes. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "See the Portrait Slashed by a Butcherâs Cleaver During Height of Womenâs Suffrage Movement," 2 Feb. 2018 In the early 1900s, the suffragettes wore white to attend marches. — Amanda Mitchell, Marie Claire, "Why Many Congresswomen Wore White at Today's Swearing In Ceremony," 3 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'suffragette.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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suffragette
noun
English Language Learners Definition of suffragette
: a woman who worked to get voting rights for women in the past when women were not allowed to vote
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