USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -suffragist Add to list Share. Before 1920, women did not have the right to vote in the U.S. The suffragist movement fought for these rights, and the people who were part of that movement were suffragists. The word suffrage means the right to vote in elections.

Detailed explanation-2: -These women became known as the suffragettes, and they were willing to take direct, militant action for the cause.

Detailed explanation-3: -These two groups were the ‘suffragists’ who campaigned using peaceful methods such as lobbying, and the ‘suffragettes’ who were determined to win the right to vote for women by any means.

Detailed explanation-4: -A suffragist is a person who is in favor of women having the right to vote, especially in societies where women are not allowed to vote.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ahmad, a former council member from the United Provinces Legislature and Satyavati Singh Chitambar, president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of India, recommended that women be enfranchised based upon marriage. They also proposed that the property requirement for women should be twice that for men.