How to Use suffragist in a Sentence

suffragist

noun
  • The suffragist aimed to change that.
    — USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Lopez dressed in suffragist white, wearing head-to-toe Chanel.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2021
  • Now, a wave of white-wearing officials pay homage to suffragists.
    — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 8 Feb. 2019
  • So began her notable life as a suffragist, a conductor, a nurse, and a spy.
    — Dawn Guest, star-telegram, 7 Feb. 2018
  • People fought and died for equal rights and voting rights; suffragists endured hunger strikes and were beaten and jailed.
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2018
  • The idea that all women wanted the right to vote and supported the suffragist movement is not true.
    — USA Today, 20 Aug. 2020
  • No sooner had the suffragists set off when crowds surged from the sidewalks and into the avenue, blocking the marchers’ way.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2018
  • In years past, its students took part in the abolitionist and suffragist movements.
    — Melanie Eversley, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2019
  • The first major suffragist march on Washington took place 112 years ago this month.
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The amendment was the culmination of more than 70 years of work by women suffragists.
    — Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The colors on the mask reflect those of the historical suffragist sashes.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The creative methods suffragists used to gain the vote will help your kids visualize what happened and stick in their memories.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2019
  • At the time, a rowdy suffragist movement was making waves in Britain, something that Paul wanted to be a part of.
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The decision to wear white is an homage to the white outfits often worn by suffragists during their fight to get women’s votes recognized.
    — Cady Lang, Time, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Susan, Elizabeth, and their fellow suffragists were not equal.
    — CBS News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Small wonder that the American suffragist claims for her vote the most miraculous powers.
    — Olivia Campbell, Smithsonian, 12 July 2018
  • Harris was in head-to-toe suffragist purple, in a look designed by Christopher John Rogers.
    — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2021
  • Female doctor Mary Thomas was also a key Hoosier suffragist, Capps said.
    — Christine Fernando, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Aug. 2020
  • All three women were suffragists in the 1800s; none of them lived to see women achieve enfranchisement.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 12 May 2017
  • Her mother, also born into this middle-class milieu, was a feminist writer and suffragist.
    — Colm Tóibín, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The day before Woodrow Wilson’s election, thousands of suffragists marched down the street demanding the right to vote.
    — John Legend, Slate Magazine, 24 Sep. 2017
  • After his death, Ida carved out a historical niche for herself as a suffragist and entrepreneur.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Dec. 2025
  • The two hosts will visit iconic sites of suffragist protests and take a tour with Congresswomen Terri Sewell.
    — Lily Jackson | [email protected], al, 8 Mar. 2020
  • The 19th Amendment would not be ratified for another two years, and the tea room served as a gathering place for both pro and anti suffragists.
    — Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 17 May 2026
  • In 1855, suffragist Lucy Stone famously refused to take her husband's last name, forging a brave new trail.
    — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The photos capture the cast—all 24 actors—and make clear that Suffs is interested in looking at the suffragist movement from across lines of age, race, and class.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The effort had gone on for decades, and by 1916, suffragists had united behind the goal of a constitutional amendment rather than slugging it out state by state.
    — Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2019
  • That was a reference to Carrie Chapman Catt, a leading suffragist who had come to Nashville to campaign for the amendment.
    — David Crary, Star Tribune, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined female lawmakers in wearing all white to last night's State of the Union address in honor of the work of suffragists.
    — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Feb. 2019
  • Since the 1740s, rabble-rousers — rebellious colonists, abolitionists and suffragists among them — have met in the building’s Great Hall.
    — New York Times, 6 June 2018

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