woman suffrage

collocation in English

meaningsofwomanandsuffrage

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woman
noun
uk
/ˈwʊm.ən/us
/ˈwʊm.ən/
an adult female ...
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suffrage
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsʌf.rɪdʒ/us
/ˈsʌf.rɪdʒ/
the right to vote in an election, especially to vote for representatives in ...
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(Definition ofwomanandsuffragefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwoman suffrage

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Do you think town clerks should have charge of the registers, and what are your views onwomansuffrage?
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Why is not that applied towomansuffrage?
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Butwomansuffrageis one of the effects of the movement.
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I quite admit thatwomansuffrageis a part of a great movement.
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There is no chance of embodying in law their professions of sympathy with the cause ofwomansuffrage.
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I think it was during the evening when thewomansuffrageclause was discussed.
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The scandals are no greater than they were beforewomansuffragewas granted, and they are no less.
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I dislike it because it does not look the problem ofwomansuffragein the face.
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I have even found it so during the last three years, and it is deep among those who are fighting forwomansuffrage.
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Then we are told that our experience with regard towomansuffragehas not been good.
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The cause ofwomansuffrage, after all, is part of the general cause of political freedom.
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The first thing that they will do will be to devote the whole of their energies to forming a constituency friendly towomansuffrage.
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I am not sure whether this is a wise step for those who are very much in favour of the general principle ofwomansuffrage.
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If this argument has any truth in it, the case forwomansuffrageis absolutely unanswerable.
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Have they not really been carried as sops to thewomansuffrageagitation?
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If thewomansuffrageagitation had never begun, those reforms for women would not have been carried as they have been.
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I will give two instances—the prohibition of liquor, andwomansuffrage.
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She has at least been absolutely sincere in supporting the cause ofwomansuffrage.
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And since the war began there have been seventy-two by-elections, and of the seventy-two candidates returned, fifty-eight have been supporters ofwomansuffrage.
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I take it there will be no discussion about proportional representation, or about the alternative vote, or aboutwomansuffrage.
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