RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
WOMENS SUFFRAGE
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a person who works to end slavery
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a person who likes school
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a person who supports women’s right to vote
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a person who suffers in rags
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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: -Nilakanta, Miss H. Petit, Ramabai Ranade, and Shrimati Padmabai Sanjiva Rao. The British Parliament passed the Representation of the People Act 1918, enfranchising women over the age of 30, who were entitled to be, or who were married to someone entitled to be, a local government elector.
Detailed explanation-3: -Suffragists are people who advocate for enfranchisement. After African American men got the vote in 1870 with the passage of the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, “suffrage” referred primarily to women’s suffrage (though there were many other groups who did not have access to the ballot).
Detailed explanation-4: -Women’s suffrage is, by definition, the right of women to vote.