suffragist
noun
suf·frag·ist
ˈsəf-ri-jist 
: one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women
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In the 1870s, suffragist and writer Julia Ward Howe suggested Mother’s Day as a chance to unite women and rally for peace.
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Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
So what now? Opinion: Celebrating suffragists and trying to disenfranchise women?
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
From 1910 to 2001, the Liberty Crest Apartments were known as the Lorton Reformatory, a prison in Lorton, Virginia that housed inmates from Washington, D.C.
It is more widely known as the site where many suffragists were held after the Silent Sentinels pickets at the White House in 1917.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2025
This influence can be felt in Democratic congresswomen wearing white to the State of the Union addresses in recent years, in support of women’s rights and as a nod to the suffragist movement.
—Leah Bourne, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Torgan, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
So what now? Opinion: Celebrating suffragists and trying to disenfranchise women?
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2025
From 1910 to 2001, the Liberty Crest Apartments were known as the Lorton Reformatory, a prison in Lorton, Virginia that housed inmates from Washington, D.C.
It is more widely known as the site where many suffragists were held after the Silent Sentinels pickets at the White House in 1917.
—Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2025
This influence can be felt in Democratic congresswomen wearing white to the State of the Union addresses in recent years, in support of women’s rights and as a nod to the suffragist movement.
—Leah Bourne, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for suffragist
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suffragist
noun
suf·frag·ist
ˈsəf-ri-jəst
: a person who supports extending voting rights especially to women
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