suffragette

/,sʌfrə'dʤet/

Thân thiện

A suffragette holds a banner in a peaceful march.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A suffragette is a woman who campaigned for women's right to vote in political elections. The term is specifically associated with members of militant organizations in the United Kingdom and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who used direct action and protest to achieve their goal.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Emmeline Pankhurst was a famous suffragette who led the British movement.
  • The suffragettes organized marches and demonstrations to demand voting rights.
  • Many suffragettes were arrested and went on hunger strikes while in prison.

Advanced Usage

• The term "suffragette" is historically specific. It was originally used by British newspapers to describe the more militant activists in the women's suffrage movement, particularly members of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) founded by Emmeline Pankhurst in 1903. The term was sometimes used dismissively, but the activists adopted it with pride.
• "Suffragist" is a broader, more general term for any person (male or female) who advocated for women's suffrage, often through constitutional, non-militant means.

Variants and Related Words

• Suffrage (n): The right to vote in political elections.
  • The campaign fought for universal suffrage.
• Suffragist (n): An advocate for the extension of suffrage, especially to women.
  • She was a leading suffragist who wrote persuasive essays on the topic.

Synonyms

• Women's rights activist
• Campaigner for women's suffrage
• Feminist (in the specific historical context of voting rights)

Related Phrases

• Suffragette movement: The collective activism and campaign led by suffragettes.
  • The suffragette movement used bold tactics to gain public attention.
• Suffragette colors: Specific colors adopted by the movement, such as purple (for dignity), white (for purity), and green (for hope) in the UK.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)