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Suffragette

Meaning in history, with examples

nounCommon term

In history, suffragette means: A woman associated with militant campaigning for women's voting rights, especially in early twentieth-century Britain.

In Turkish: süfrajet

How it is used

Do not use automatically for every women's suffrage campaigner; organization and tactics matter.

Example sentences

  1. The suffragette interrupted the meeting to demand votes for women.

    Disruption illustrates the militant tactics associated with the label.

  2. The museum displayed prison letters written by a suffragette.

    Personal records document the consequences of political campaigning.

Common collocations

  • suffragette campaign
  • suffragette prisoner
  • reformA planned change to laws, institutions or practices meant to improve them, usually made step by step by those in power rather than through revolution.
  • primary sourceEvidence created at the time being studied or by people who witnessed it, such as letters, diaries, official records, photographs or objects.

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