suffragette
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• noun
A woman who campaigned for the right of women to vote in public elections, especially a member of the early twentieth-century British movement that used militant protest and direct action.
"The museum exhibition featured banners and pamphlets carried by a famous suffragette during the 1910 parliamentary protests."
Word Nuance & Usage
Historically, "suffragette" referred specifically to members of militant British organizations who used direct action and civil disobedience, whereas "suffragist" was the broader term for any peaceful advocate of voting rights (and the preferred term in the United States).
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in 1906 by a reporter for the British newspaper the Daily Mail from "suffrage" and the feminine diminutive suffix "-ette"; although originally intended to belittle militant campaigners, the women of the movement proudly adopted the label.