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Many of Another Period’s best gags come out of its suffragette story line, led by old maid and eldest Bellacourt sister Hortense and her Newport Association of Gal Spinsters, or NAGS.
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Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
The promise in the air inspires immigrants, unionists, suffragettes, and a rising Black bourgeoisie.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
For a peek into women’s rights history, make reservations for afternoon tea at the Chinese Tea House, on the grounds of Marble House, where mansion owner Alva Belmont hosted rallies for suffragettes beginning in 1913.
—AFAR Media, 3 July 2025
By 1913, the suffragettes were committing an average of 20 bombings and arson attacks per month.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
The promise in the air inspires immigrants, unionists, suffragettes, and a rising Black bourgeoisie.
—Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
For a peek into women’s rights history, make reservations for afternoon tea at the Chinese Tea House, on the grounds of Marble House, where mansion owner Alva Belmont hosted rallies for suffragettes beginning in 1913.
—AFAR Media, 3 July 2025
By 1913, the suffragettes were committing an average of 20 bombings and arson attacks per month.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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“Suffragette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suffragette. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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suffragette
noun
suf·frag·ette
ˌsəf-ri-ˈjet 
: a woman who supported voting rights for women when women were not allowed to vote
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