- a variation of woman suffrage.
women's suffrage
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The fight for women’s suffrage, the prohibition movement and other progressive achievements marked the years before the sesquicentennial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
The Pentagon later clarified that Hegseth doesn’t oppose women’s suffrage.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
"Many have taken non-violent direct action over the centuries from the abolition of slavery to women's suffrage and prison reform."
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025
There was all this labor organizing and social groups and movements that agitated from everything from public kindergarten to women’s suffrage to the FDA and the Parks Service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
The morning after the two-day American Equal Rights Association meeting adjourned, Stanton and Anthony called friends of women’s suffrage to a follow-up meeting at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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