suffragist

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Editorial note

This assumes it was the bomb-planting that led to concessions for the suffragists.

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an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)

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noun

an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for suffragist.

noun

an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)

Example sentences

This assumes it was the bomb-planting that led to concessions for the suffragists.

Anti-suffragists tried to make those kinds of arbitrary distinctions too.

It wasn't a surprise, either - many suffragists opposed 15A even before it was ratified for this exact reason, because its wording made it clear that it wasn't covering sex.

"[1] It's written from a suffragettes point of view, but it includes some cherry-picked quotes from anti-suffragists, such as:"The grant of suffrage to women is repugnant to instincts that strike their roots deep in the order of nature.

From the plebeians of ancient Rome, through the French revolutionaries and American abolitionists and feminists of the 19th century, to the feminist suffragists[1] of the early 20th century.

There's significant historical evidence of voter suppression, including suffragist movements.

In the slavery and suffragist examples, their opinions were much more powerful as they gained domain knowledge and when they coordinated their efforts, becoming the smoothly flowing, powerful water, instead of a disparate cloud of angry electrons.