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The white suit paid homage to the suffragette movement and the white dresses worn by women as a visual statement in their nationwide protests, organizing and demonstrations for the right to vote.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
Rabinovitch-Fox explained how prominent activists, including Alice Paul, used colors like white to draw attention to the suffragette cause.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
As a senator, Harris, alongside other Democratic female politicians, wore a white pantsuit to commemorate and celebrate the suffragettes.
—Therèsa M. Winge, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024
Although suffragettes and antivivisectionists didn’t always align, the two movements had much in common, including the consistent stereotyping of their members as spinsters.
—Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1906, in the meaning defined above
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“Suffragette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suffragette. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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suffragette
noun
suf·frag·ette
ˌsəf-ri-ˈjet
: a woman who supported voting rights for women when women were not allowed to vote
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