enfranchisement

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as in suffrage
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election a time when enfranchisement was limited to white males who owned property

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Noun
  • Lawler: Long before Lord Dunmore promised emancipation to those enslaved, those in bondage already were fleeing to British lines.
    Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
  • But Brendle took it on as a vehicle to tell a more global story of female emancipation, empowerment, and rights.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • San Jose historian April Halberstadt, who has been a member of the club since 1995, says women’s clubs proliferated in the era, when two of the big topics of discussion were women’s suffrage and Prohibition.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 17 May 2025
  • In the Bay Area, voters in Albany will vote Tuesday on a measure to grant suffrage to 16- and 17-year-olds.
    Meg Tanaka, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • But even when locked in a tense, deadly standoff with the vicious Barbie, Moulin doesn’t break, and his courage and silence helps lead to the liberation of France, while leaving behind a new spirit of strength and resistance.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 10 May 2025
  • The Queen's most recent appearance before her latest hospitalization was at a May 4 peace service at the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen for the 80th anniversary of Denmark’s liberation.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 8 May 2025
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“Enfranchisement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfranchisement. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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