women's suffrage

noun

1. the right of women to vote See also suffragette

Example Sentences

Hegseth, a former Fox News personality, has faced scrutiny for his association with Wilson—and Wilson’s anti–women’s suffrage views—since he was nominated to lead the Department of Defense.

From Slate

He had given us no direct indication he holds an anti–women’s suffrage position.

From Slate

But the actual turn of the century saw the rise of the Progressive Era during which the robber barons turned to philanthropy, funding medical research, libraries, museums and universities; unions and the women’s suffrage movement triumphed; and President Theodore Roosevelt enacted his Square Deal, breaking up trusts, avoiding tariffs, protecting consumers and establishing the national parks.

From Los Angeles Times

You get two competing organizations, and women's suffrage is kind of eclipsed for another 50 years.

From Salon

"Many have taken non-violent direct action over the centuries from the abolition of slavery to women's suffrage and prison reform."

From BBC