suffrage

Example Sentences

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After college, Rankin became an advocate and organizer for the suffrage movement in several western states and New York.

From The Wall Street Journal

That was in 1962, when lawmakers rejected a proposal to elect the president by universal suffrage.

From New York Times

She burned to establish the Vanderbilts in a New York high society that shunned them, then turned her back on that by becoming an activist for women’s suffrage.

From Seattle Times

China promised universal suffrage as an ultimate goal for Hong Kong in its mini-constitution, the Basic Law, which also states the city has wide-ranging autonomy from Beijing.

From Reuters

"She became quite interested in politics. Even when she was quite young she organised a kind of women's suffrage march."

From BBC