American English pronunciation
How to pronounce suffrage
IPA transcription: ['sʌfɹɪdʒ]
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Noun
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a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
“American women got the vote in 1920”
Usage examples
- She displayed a strong interest in the suffragette movement in Galway.
- He also supported women's suffrage and a national prohibition amendment.
- He was married three times; his third wife was the prominent suffragette Iris Calderhead.
- Douglass was disappointed that President Lincoln did not publicly endorse suffrage for black freedmen.
- Mirrlees was the candidate of the Scottish Federation of Women's Suffrage Societies.
- He saw it as 'an obvious prelude from household to universal suffrage'.
- Elections are held once every five years, on the basis of universal adult suffrage.
- He also attempted to reform the electoral system to permit universal male suffrage.
- Their focus then was moved to helping pro-suffrage candidates get elected in November.
- He also oversaw the institution of women's suffrage.