enfranchisement

noun

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1
as in emancipation
the act of setting free from slavery the Emancipation Proclamation was merely the first step in the full enfranchisement of African-Americans

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as in suffrage
the right to formally express one's position or will in an election a time when enfranchisement was limited to white males who owned property

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  1. emancipation
  2. suffrage
  3. liberation
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  • Then, finally, the rise of the personal computer, Mac and PC, Windows and MacOS, and keyboard emancipation.
    David Bloom, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Already famous for her furtive work as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Tubman arrived in Beaufort in the spring of 1862, a few weeks after the Union general David Hunter declared martial law and ordered the emancipation of the local enslaved population.
    Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
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  • The title, Bread & Roses, is inspired by the protestors' slogan -- Naan, Kar, Azaadi (Bread, Work, Freedom) — and also echoes a phrase used by the early women's suffrage movement in the United States.
    Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 3 Dec. 2024
  • One of the earliest examples is the women’s suffrage movement that led to ratification in 1920 of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote.
    Kenya Hunter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
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  • Customer Razan Rashidi orders her tea with a celebratory phrase in Arabic, and the men manning the counter beam, telling her that on this day of liberation, tea for a fellow Syrian is free.
    Rob Schmitz, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Giovanni, born Yolande Cornelia Giovanni Jr., used her voice as a poet to address issues of Black identity and Black liberation.
    Astrid Kayembe, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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