How to Use suffragette in a Sentence

suffragette

noun

• There have been firebrands since the '20s and '30s and in the suffragette movement.
  — Thom Duffy, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2019
• Here is an overview of the waves of feminism in the US, from the suffragettes to #MeToo.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 1 June 2018
• If that's the case, the kid might wonder, then what was the point of the civil rights and suffragette movements?
  — Theunis Bates, theweek, 5 Mar. 2024
• The work was inspired by the suffragette movement and the 100th anniversary of the women’s right to vote.
  — Melissa Young, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2020
• The same painting was slashed by suffragette Mary Richardson in 1914 in protest.
  — Mallory Moench, TIME, 11 Nov. 2023
• In the early 1900s, the suffragettes wore white to attend marches.
  — Amanda Mitchell, Marie Claire, 3 Jan. 2019
• The early suffragist movement gave rise to the suffragettes, writes the BBC.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 4 Apr. 2017
• Thanks for telling me that my white halter top still counted as a tribute to the suffragettes.
  — Sarah Solomon, The New Yorker, 12 June 2019
• The first, which has been viewed 1.6 million times, features Shirrako punching out a suffragette NPC who yells in a plaza about wanting the right to vote.
  — Patricia Hernandez, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2018
• Last year, all members agreed to wear white — a nod to the suffragettes — during Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress.
  — Amanda Arnold, The Cut, 10 Jan. 2018
• At the time of the incident, British public buildings were on high alert for weapon-wielding suffragettes.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 2 Feb. 2018
• History is still not quite sure what to do with the militant suffragettes.
  — Joanna Scutts, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2018
• The local school is named for Susan B. Anthony, the suffragette.
  — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2017
• Beside the float, women walked in long white dresses and suffragette sashes.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2020
• But the more important one was that of her colleague Carolyn Maloney, dressed as a suffragette.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 20 Sep. 2021
• Is that a reference to the suffragettes, Agnes Garrett and Millicent Fawcett?
  — Cameron K McEwan, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
• Since it was slashed in 1914 by a suffragette, it’s been a target for whoever’s irked by whatever.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 23 Dec. 2023
• For her part, Dr. DiCenzo thinks suffragettes did help bring about the granting of partial voting rights in 1918.
  — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2023
• But anyone there was invited to stand on an antique soap box, just like the suffragettes did a century ago, and speak to the crowd for two minutes.
  — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2019
• For her own sartorial statement, Ocasio-Cortez donned an all-white suit, a nod to the suffragettes who first fought for women's right to vote.
  — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Jan. 2019
• Democratic women, who wore modest white pantsuits (in honor of the suffragettes) at the State of the Union, in protest of President Trump's stance on women's rights.
  — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2017
• While the suffragettes are the most widely known, each had distinctive approaches to trying to secure the vote for women.
  — Elfy Scott, refinery29.com, 26 Feb. 2024
• It will now be added to the museum’s protest collection, which includes items dating back to the suffragette movement.
  — Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 18 Jan. 2021
• Several suffragette leaders will be added to the $10 bill and former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt will appear on the $5 bill.
  — Valentina Zarya, Fortune, 18 July 2017
• This question was asked in a circular sent by equal-pay suffragettes to female teachers in New York’s public schools in 1905.
  — The Economist, 7 Oct. 2017
• Although Maudy is a fictional suffragette, Nona was a real-life advocate for the right of women to vote.
  — Dallas News, 18 Feb. 2022
• The suffragette movement and the military in the 1940s were largely segregated.
  — Emily Listfield, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Apr. 2023
• When suffragettes were arrested by police, many also went on hunger strike.
  — Elfy Scott, refinery29.com, 4 Mar. 2024
• At last year’s State of the Union, Democratic women wore all white to honor the suffragette movement and pledged to fight for issues affecting women.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 11 Jan. 2018
• Other suffragettes segregated their marches and railed against the 15th Amendment on their way to ensuring white women got the right to vote.
  — Ashlee Marie Preston, Teen Vogue, 19 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024