1. a woman who advocated for women’s right to vote, especially in the early 20th century
Usage: historical

Examples

• The suffragettes organized marches and protests to demand voting rights.
• Many suffragettes were arrested for their activism.
• Susan B. Anthony was a famous American suffragette.
• British suffragettes chained themselves to government buildings.
• The suffragette movement gained momentum in the early 1900s.
• Some suffragettes went on hunger strikes while imprisoned.
• The 19th Amendment was a victory for suffragettes in the United States.