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women's rights

or woman's rights

plural noun

the rights claimed for women, equal to those of men, with respect to suffrage, property, the professional fields, etc.

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Origin of women's rights

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby women's rights

Women's Christian Temperance Union, Women's Institute, women's liberation, Women's Movement, women's refuge, women's rights, women's room, Women's Royal Voluntary Service, women's studies, women's suffrage, womenswear
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