suffragist
noun
suf·frag·ist
ˈsəf-ri-jist 
: one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women
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Woodhull was a passionate suffragist who has mostly been forgotten by history.
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Jackie Lay, NPR, 31 Mar. 2025
And she's helped kids learn about role models: There are Barbies based on Ida B. Wells, the pioneering suffragist, civil rights activist and journalist; Dr. Jane Goodall, the conservationist; author Maya Angelou; and Native American activist Wilma Mankiller, among others.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
It was originally financed by suffragist and pickle entrepreneur Ellen Kidd.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025
The legacies of Harlem Renaissance socialite and activist Grace Nail Johnson, philanthropist and suffragist Louisine Havemeyer, wealthy abolitionist Elizabeth Gloucester and others will be revisited during the two-hour tour.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Jackie Lay, NPR, 31 Mar. 2025
And she's helped kids learn about role models: There are Barbies based on Ida B. Wells, the pioneering suffragist, civil rights activist and journalist; Dr. Jane Goodall, the conservationist; author Maya Angelou; and Native American activist Wilma Mankiller, among others.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
It was originally financed by suffragist and pickle entrepreneur Ellen Kidd.
—Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025
The legacies of Harlem Renaissance socialite and activist Grace Nail Johnson, philanthropist and suffragist Louisine Havemeyer, wealthy abolitionist Elizabeth Gloucester and others will be revisited during the two-hour tour.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
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suffragist
noun
suf·frag·ist
ˈsəf-ri-jəst
: a person who supports extending voting rights especially to women
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