suffragist

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Ms. Gray is the author of “Nellie McClung,” a biography of Canada’s best known suffragist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

That’s when theatrical producer Rachel Sussman approached her with the book “Jailed for Freedom,” written by suffragist and legal rights advocate Doris Stevens and published in 1920.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

As to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, I think, if anything, the history of the suffragist movement shows that you can make alliances with people, but you do not compromise on basic human rights.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

The family and Perkins shared a mutual contact: reformer and suffragist Gertrude Ely, of Pennsylvania.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2025

A suffragist had attached a yellow sunflower to the golden eagle statue perched at the front of the chamber.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling