suffragist
Noun
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An advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women) (synset 110692347)
is a type of: advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an ideasubtypes: suffragette - a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)specific instances:
- anthony, susan anthony, susan b. anthony, susan brownell anthony - United States suffragist (1820-1906)
- howe, julia ward howe - United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910)
- livermore, mary ashton rice livermore - United States suffragist (1820-1905)
- esther hobart mcquigg slack morris, esther morris, morris - United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
- lucretia coffin mott, mott - United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880)
- jeannette rankin, rankin - leader in the women's suffrage movement in Montana; the first woman to serve in the United States House of Representatives (1880-1973)
- anna howard shaw, shaw - United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)
- julia evelina smith, smith - United States suffragist who refused to pay taxes until she could vote (1792-1886)
- elizabeth cady stanton, stanton - United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902)
- lucy stone, stone - United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
- frances elizabeth caroline willard, willard - United States advocate of temperance and women's suffrage (1839-1898)
- victoria clafin woodhull, woodhull - United States advocate of women's suffrage; in 1872 she was the first woman to run for the United States presidency (1838-1927)
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