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Meanings of suffragettes in English

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Member of the Woman's Social and Political Union who advocated for women's right to vote.

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        1
        It was because of the suffragettes that I could vote for Repeal
        The Irish Times
        2
        Where she showed heroic, most of the suffragettes appear to me grotesque.
        Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography
        3
        Look at the suffragettes, India democracy and Gandhi, the Black Power movement.
        The Guardian
        4
        All honor to the heroism and sturdiness of the English suffragettes.
        Anarchism and Other Essays
        5
        It was where imprisoned suffragettes on hunger strike were savagely force-fed.
        The Guardian
        6
        When those militant suffragettes talked about destruction, though, the Haslams counted themselves out.
        The Irish Times
        7
        She was particularly shocked by the way the suffragettes were force-fed in jail.
        The Guardian
        8
        Nathan insists that Simon be in the class video about suffragettes.
        Radio NZ
        9
        They became the first suffragettes to go to prison in Ireland.
        The Irish Times
        10
        The suffragettes kept going, despite the opposition and immediate consequences.
        The Guardian
        11
        The cause of the suffragettes has as yet made little headway in this region.
        The North Pole / Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the...
        12
        They are ready to want something: that describes fairly the condition of most suffragettes.
        A Preface to Politics
        13
        But after all, the suffragettes, too, are still lacking in appreciation of real equality.
        Anarchism and Other Essays
        14
        ARE votes for women worth the similar evils which British suffragettes are drifting into?
        Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
        15
        Either way, the suffragettes wanted to establish her as a martyr, according to Dr Windscheffel.
        BBC
        16
        Probably one of those dour-faced suffragettes, the type he'd seen back East and in England.
        A vote of confidence
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