Suffrage
noun
The right to vote in political elections.
Women's suffrage was a major milestone in the history of civil rights.
Often appears as...
- universal suffrage
- women's suffrage
noun
A series of prayers or votes.
The conclave held a suffrage to decide on the new Pope.
Often appears as...
- divine suffrage
- suffrage of prayers
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Religious
noun
The right to vote in political elections.
Women's suffrage was a major milestone in the history of civil rights.
Often appears as...
- universal suffrage
- women's suffrage
noun
A series of prayers or votes.
The conclave held a suffrage to decide on the new Pope.
Often appears as...
- divine suffrage
- suffrage of prayers
Usage tips
Religious
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Voting Rights
Suffrage means having the right to vote, often linked to democratic processes.
Universal suffrage allowed every adult citizen to participate in the national election.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Struggle
Suffrage is associated with historical movements for voting rights, especially for marginalized groups.
The suffrage movement was pivotal in securing voting rights for women.
Pro Tip 3/3Earned Rights
Suffrage isn't just a concept; it's an earned right that represents freedom and equality in society.
Many fought tirelessly for the right of suffrage, changing the political landscape forever.
Pro Tip 1/3Voting Rights
Suffrage means having the right to vote, often linked to democratic processes.
Universal suffrage allowed every adult citizen to participate in the national election.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Struggle
Suffrage is associated with historical movements for voting rights, especially for marginalized groups.
The suffrage movement was pivotal in securing voting rights for women.
Pro Tip 3/3Earned Rights
Suffrage isn't just a concept; it's an earned right that represents freedom and equality in society.
Many fought tirelessly for the right of suffrage, changing the political landscape forever.
Pro Tip 1/3Voting Rights
Suffrage means having the right to vote, often linked to democratic processes.
Universal suffrage allowed every adult citizen to participate in the national election.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Struggle
Suffrage is associated with historical movements for voting rights, especially for marginalized groups.
The suffrage movement was pivotal in securing voting rights for women.
Pro Tip 3/3Earned Rights
Suffrage isn't just a concept; it's an earned right that represents freedom and equality in society.
Many fought tirelessly for the right of suffrage, changing the political landscape forever.
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Recruiting Women for...
their legs if they do not go and vote and that's as an immigrant she really just celebrates her right to vote and so to her it's just so important to get involved in so just those networks i think we can learn so much from women of color there because we're celebrating this 100th anniversary or centennial of suffrage but for women of color these rights to vote
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Inside the bizarre world...
that if they wanted to make some money online or get some attention online, they should just be as outrageous as possible. But I talked to other people who were true ideologues. And to be clear, their ideology was not traditional conservatism. These were people who wanted to revoke female suffrage. These were people who wanted to go back to racial segregation.
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How one journalist...
But in spite of her deep commitment to women’s rights, she clashed with white leaders of the movement. During a march for women’s suffrage in Washington D.C., she ignored the organizers’ attempt to placate Southern bigotry by placing Black women in the back, and marched up front alongside the white women.
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Eric X. Li: A tale of...
Winston Churchill once said that democracy is a terrible system except for all the rest. Well, apparently he hadn't heard of the Organization Department. Now, Westerners always assume that multi-party election with universal suffrage is the only source of political legitimacy.
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Why Gender Equality Is...
And my position is that men need the very things that women have identified that they need to live the lives they say they want to live in order to live the lives that we say we want to live. In 1915, on the eve of one of the great suffrage demonstrations
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
celebrities to gain access to the white house to eleanor roosevelt to make the public aware that an era and rights for women in general had not been fully achieved by the achievement of suffrage amelia's friendship with
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Black Women and the...
and otherwise um are complicit with anti-black racism within um the various facets of the suffrage movement this means that the suffrage associations that we most frequently associate with the road to
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Breaking boundaries,...
of suffrage civil rights immigrant rights children's rights pacifism had Jane Addams fingerprints all over it and although she looks kind of a dour sort she actually was a huge fan of play she
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Continuing the Fight for...
good afternoon everyone my name is rachel hardigan and i'm a senior writer with national geographic today we're continuing our conversation our celebration of women's suffrage
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The breathtaking courage...
Escaping slavery; risking everything to save her family; leading a military raid; championing the cause of women’s suffrage;
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Recruiting Women for...
their legs if they do not go and vote and that's as an immigrant she really just celebrates her right to vote and so to her it's just so important to get involved in so just those networks i think we can learn so much from women of color there because we're celebrating this 100th anniversary or centennial of suffrage but for women of color these rights to vote
Video examples
Inside the bizarre world...
that if they wanted to make some money online or get some attention online, they should just be as outrageous as possible. But I talked to other people who were true ideologues. And to be clear, their ideology was not traditional conservatism. These were people who wanted to revoke female suffrage. These were people who wanted to go back to racial segregation.
Video examples
How one journalist...
But in spite of her deep commitment to women’s rights, she clashed with white leaders of the movement. During a march for women’s suffrage in Washington D.C., she ignored the organizers’ attempt to placate Southern bigotry by placing Black women in the back, and marched up front alongside the white women.
Video examples
Eric X. Li: A tale of...
Winston Churchill once said that democracy is a terrible system except for all the rest. Well, apparently he hadn't heard of the Organization Department. Now, Westerners always assume that multi-party election with universal suffrage is the only source of political legitimacy.
Video examples
Why Gender Equality Is...
And my position is that men need the very things that women have identified that they need to live the lives they say they want to live in order to live the lives that we say we want to live. In 1915, on the eve of one of the great suffrage demonstrations
Video examples
Amelia Earhart Part II:...
celebrities to gain access to the white house to eleanor roosevelt to make the public aware that an era and rights for women in general had not been fully achieved by the achievement of suffrage amelia's friendship with
Video examples
Black Women and the...
and otherwise um are complicit with anti-black racism within um the various facets of the suffrage movement this means that the suffrage associations that we most frequently associate with the road to
Video examples
Breaking boundaries,...
of suffrage civil rights immigrant rights children's rights pacifism had Jane Addams fingerprints all over it and although she looks kind of a dour sort she actually was a huge fan of play she
Video examples
Continuing the Fight for...
good afternoon everyone my name is rachel hardigan and i'm a senior writer with national geographic today we're continuing our conversation our celebration of women's suffrage
Video examples
The breathtaking courage...
Escaping slavery; risking everything to save her family; leading a military raid; championing the cause of women’s suffrage;
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
Were there no contrariety of interests, nothing would be more simple and easy than to form and preserve free institutions. The right of suffrage alone would be a sufficient guarantee. It is the conflict of opposing interests which renders it the most difficult work of man.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
American President
Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).
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Alice Paul
American Activist
I know my father believed and my mother believed in and supported the suffrage movement, and I remember my mother taking me to suffrage meetings held in the home of a Quaker family that lived not far from us.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
I was fourteen years old when I went to my first suffrage meeting. Returning from school one day, I met my mother just setting out for the meeting, and I begged her to let me go along.
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Frank Moore Colby
American Educator
If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage.
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John Bright
British Politician
I hope this view of the question may be a mistaken one, because it does not seem to me very unlikely that the suffrage will be granted to women.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.
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Joshua Wong
Chinese Activist
Hong Kongers deserve universal suffrage.
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Susan B. Anthony
American Activist
Suffrage is the pivotal right.
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John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
Were there no contrariety of interests, nothing would be more simple and easy than to form and preserve free institutions. The right of suffrage alone would be a sufficient guarantee. It is the conflict of opposing interests which renders it the most difficult work of man.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
American President
Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).
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Alice Paul
American Activist
I know my father believed and my mother believed in and supported the suffrage movement, and I remember my mother taking me to suffrage meetings held in the home of a Quaker family that lived not far from us.
Quote examples
Emmeline Pankhurst
English Activist
I was fourteen years old when I went to my first suffrage meeting. Returning from school one day, I met my mother just setting out for the meeting, and I begged her to let me go along.
Quote examples
Frank Moore Colby
American Educator
If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage.
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John Bright
British Politician
I hope this view of the question may be a mistaken one, because it does not seem to me very unlikely that the suffrage will be granted to women.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
Every argument for Negro suffrage is an argument for women's suffrage.
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Joshua Wong
Chinese Activist
Hong Kongers deserve universal suffrage.
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Susan B. Anthony
American Activist
Suffrage is the pivotal right.
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