woman suffrage

American  

[woom-uhn suhf-rij] / ˈwʊm ən ˈsʌf rɪdʒ /

Also women's suffrage

noun

1. the right of women to vote; female suffrage.

2. a movement to gain this right for women.

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Other Word Forms

• woman-suffrage adjective
• woman-suffragist noun

Etymology

Origin of woman suffrage

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Temperance and woman suffrage: Reform movements and the women who changed America Page Harrington, executive director of the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, leads a panel discussion on various reform movements and the women behind them.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2015

Everett Wheeler, the president of East Side House, felt that another hazard lay with the woman suffrage movement.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2012

Its goal was to draw attention to the cause of woman suffrage.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

Though the woman suffrage movement gained attention between 1880 and 1914, its successes were gradual.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

One important lesbian episode in a novel of woman suffrage, viciously condemnatory.

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