suffragette

IPA: sʌfrʌdʒˈɛt

(historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.

Examples of "suffragette" in Sentences

Today, the term suffragette is often considered demeaning.
"suffragette" was originally used to put a negative spin on the gender-neutral term
By the way, the term "suffragette" is an example of turn-of-the-century media "spin."
This then is the end of the argument in favour of the suffragette, which is developed out of her own psychology.
The nitpicky twits who are looking to turn men into the enemy are not humanists, let alone feminists in the true "suffragette" sense of the word.
Her fellow 'suffragette', Maria Sharapova, recently sealed a £45million contract with a sports manufacturer, the most lucrative commercial deal ever for a female athlete.
There were enough men involved in the women's rights movement that the anti-vote males in the media used "suffragette" to humiliate men who were "suffragists," diminishing the term by putting an "ette" on the end.
When the years brought those violent scenes and emotions of what has been called the suffragette campaign, Rosalie, who might have been expected to be a militant of the militants, took no part nor even interest in it whatever.
Given that the speech focused on bringing all her supporters behind Obama, mainly women who see her candidacy as part of the 'suffragette' movement and last nigh being the anniversary of the women obtaining the right to vote and all I thought it was a very divisive subliminal message.