suffragist
noun
suf·frag·ist
ˈsəf-ri-jist 
: one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women
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It was originally financed by suffragist and pickle entrepreneur Ellen Kidd.
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025
The legacies of Harlem Renaissance socialite and activist Grace Nail Johnson, philanthropist and suffragist Louisine Havemeyer, wealthy abolitionist Elizabeth Gloucester and others will be revisited during the two-hour tour.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
One 1913 image from an unknown photographer shows police arresting Annie Kenney, a socialist, suffragist and cotton mill worker in London.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
The more militant suffragists belonged to the rival National Woman’s Party, led by Alice Paul.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Jan. 2025
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025
The legacies of Harlem Renaissance socialite and activist Grace Nail Johnson, philanthropist and suffragist Louisine Havemeyer, wealthy abolitionist Elizabeth Gloucester and others will be revisited during the two-hour tour.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
One 1913 image from an unknown photographer shows police arresting Annie Kenney, a socialist, suffragist and cotton mill worker in London.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
The more militant suffragists belonged to the rival National Woman’s Party, led by Alice Paul.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Jan. 2025
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suffragist
noun
suf·frag·ist
ˈsəf-ri-jəst
: a person who supports extending voting rights especially to women
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