suffragette

noun suf·frag·ette \ ˌsə-fri-ˈjet \

Updated on: 14 Apr 2018

Definition of suffragette

: a woman who advocates suffrage for women

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The artists wore all white on stage, a symbolic color worn by suffragettes fighting for the right to vote and even by Hillary Clinton, the first female nominee of a major political party, during her presidential campaign.

— erica gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, "Kesha's Incredibly Moving Grammys Performance Will Make You Sob," 29 Jan. 2018
The historical society, however, is focusing on her work as a suffragette who chaired the National Woman Suffrage Association and worked with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

— domenica bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, "Meet and dine with these renegade women who changed Indiana during Women's History Month," 21 Mar. 2018
To The Pathe Archives: Here, from 1913, is the house of a Member of Parliament who got burned out by some angry suffragettes.

— charles p. pierce, Esquire, "Drill, Baby, Drill—in 2028?," 9 Mar. 2018
Bits about the special pin suffragettes who went to prison were awarded by their colleagues and the various main characters' pre-fight histories add wonderful dimensions to this important tale.

— zlati meyer, USA TODAY, "During Women's History Month, book looks at the fight 'to win the vote'," 6 Mar. 2018
According to Elizabeth Arden‘s history, when suffragettes marched on Fifth Avenue in 1912, the makeup brand gave them red lipstick to wear — a gesture that would eventually make the lip color a symbol of the women’s rights movement.

— jillian ruffo, PEOPLE.com, "Reese Witherspoon Is on a Mission to Empower Women with a New Red Lipstick and $1 Million," 1 Mar. 2018
The white rose was chosen due to its association with the suffragette movement and, more recently, because Hillary Clinton wore white at Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, according to Harkins.

— richard smirke, Billboard, "Brit Awards Guests Asked to Wear White Rose Pins In Support of #TimesUp," 14 Feb. 2018
But while Pankhurst remains an iconic figure associated with the suffragette movement, Marshall has been largely forgotten.

— brigit katz, Smithsonian, "Stories of Forgotten Suffragettes Come Alive in New Exhibition," 6 Feb. 2018
Long before my epiphany in Des Moines, back in 1859, a Harper’s Weekly cartoon depicted men cowering in a courtroom while suffragettes berated them.

— USA TODAY, "Read an excerpt from Joanne Lipman's new book, 'That's What She Said'," 24 Jan. 2018

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