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In her 2018 opening sermon as Bishop of London, Mullally told the congregation that 105 years ago, suffragettes tried to detonate a bomb under the seat on which she been enthroned moments earlier.
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Lauren Frayer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
The Whaling Museum is a must-do to learn the basics of Nantucket’s past—the Wampanoag people, notable abolitionists and suffragettes, 19th-century industry and transportation—as well as its legacy in the whaling industry.
—Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
More recently, some female political figures — especially Democratic congresswomen — have opted for white pantsuits as a nod to the suffragette movement.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Years later narratives about colonization or slavery or the crazy suffragettes always centre on the light and the justice these people fought for.
—Sara Stridsberg
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Frayer, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
The Whaling Museum is a must-do to learn the basics of Nantucket’s past—the Wampanoag people, notable abolitionists and suffragettes, 19th-century industry and transportation—as well as its legacy in the whaling industry.
—Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
More recently, some female political figures — especially Democratic congresswomen — have opted for white pantsuits as a nod to the suffragette movement.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Years later narratives about colonization or slavery or the crazy suffragettes always centre on the light and the justice these people fought for.
—Sara Stridsberg
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for suffragette
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“Suffragette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suffragette. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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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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