women's suffrage
Britishnoun
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There he involves his wife, Lady Jane, who must balance securing their entry into London high society — and thus their future prospects — with her growing involvement in women’s suffrage.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025
Many donned white clothing in honour of the women's suffrage movement.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024
The progress we’ve made in women’s suffrage, equal rights, civil rights, the separation of church and state along with the freedom to worship as you choose speak to the progress we’ve made.
From Salon • Jun. 20, 2024
Between 1909 and 1971, the Constitution was amended 11 more times—on average, about twice per decade—to do things like guarantee women’s suffrage, bar poll taxes, and include the District of Columbia in the Electoral College.
From Slate • May 8, 2024
On Monday, March 3, 1913, attorney Inez Milholland Boissevain, sporting a white cape and perched atop a white horse, led the women’s suffrage parade down Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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