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  • noun Plural form of suffragist.

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Examples

  • Reed called suffragists “Amazonian furies” who chanted “in rhythmic harmony with the barbaric war dance of the Sioux.”

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • Reed called suffragists “Amazonian furies” who chanted “in rhythmic harmony with the barbaric war dance of the Sioux.”

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • We know that lately they have stopped to argue and call suffragists all sorts of creatures.

    The Fundamental Principle of a Republic 1915

  • We know that lately they have stopped to argue and call suffragists all sorts of creatures.

    The Fundamental Principle of a Republic 1915

  • If all the "suffragists" of all the States could see eye to eye on this point, and stand shoulder to shoulder against every party and politician not fully and unequivocally committed to "Equal Rights for Women," we should become at once a moral balance of power which could not fail to compel the party of highest intelligence to proclaim woman suffrage the chief plank of its platform.

    The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Ida Husted Harper 1891

  • The founding fathers, abolitionists, great capitalists, socialist revolutionaries, suffragists, the Ku Klux Klan, New Dealers, civil rights activists, and conservative leaders all held or sought power, which meant they also sought social control and therefore worked to limit the personal liberties of their constituents.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • During World War I some suffragists argued that women needed the vote as reward for raising soldiers and tending the home front.

    Who Are The 'Mama Grizzlies'? Maha Atal 2010

  • During World War I some suffragists argued that women needed the vote as reward for raising soldiers and tending the home front.

    Who Are The 'Mama Grizzlies'? Maha Atal 2010

  • Between the rows of marchers, cars full of even more suffragists glided along, draped in yellow bunting and decorated with jonquils and daisies.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • Though they were primarily sociable in focus, the clubs could be a hotbed of political activism, with many suffragists taking prominent positions in the multitude of clubs which sprang up since 1899, and social change.

    London’s Ladies’ Clubs | Edwardian Promenade 2010

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  • I heard that American women advocating voting rights preferred the term suffragist rather than suffragette. Of course there were also men who advocated votes for women, and they could be called suffragists, but not suffragettes.

    August 25, 2009