noun
- people who advocate for the right to vote, especially women seeking voting rights
Usage: historical
Examples
- The suffragists organized marches to demand voting rights for women.
- Many suffragists were arrested during their protests in the early 1900s.
- Susan B. Anthony was one of the most famous American suffragists.
- British suffragists used various tactics to draw attention to their cause.
- The suffragists’ efforts finally succeeded when women gained the right to vote.
- Museums now display artifacts from the suffragists’ movement.
- Some suffragists went on hunger strikes while imprisoned.