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plural suffragettes
(historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain. quotations
Perhaps no single location resonates for women’s rights campaigners today as much as Holloway, the first female-only prison, where militant suffragettes were incarcerated, went on hunger strike and were savagely force-fed.
2018 February 2, “Smashed windows, broken rules: the dark suffragette sites of London”, in The Guardian, retrieved 2021-07-11