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woman's rights, women's rights
The rights claimed for women of equal privileges and opportunities with men. Also attrib.
1632(title) The lawes resolutions of womens rights, or the lawes provision for woemen. [1799the rights of woman: see right n. 10.] 1840Thackeray Shabby-genteel Story iv, One may sympathise with the advocates of woman's rights who point out this monstrous wrong. 1842E. Pease Let. 29 Mar. [MS. in Library of Society of Friends, London], I believe that the Chartists generally hold the doctrine of the equality of woman's rights. 1850(title) Women's Rights Convention. 1859A. J. Munby Diary 28 Jan. (1972) 18 Those who prate of women's rights, if they knew their own meaning, would honour such mighty daughters of the plough. 1864‘Annie Thomas’ D. Donne III. 33 Even though Stephanie Fordyce was no woman's rights girl. 1876H. James R. Hudson xi. 378 Five unmarried sisters, one of whom gave lyceum-lectures on woman's rights. 1883F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius v, We have seen something of the ‘woman's rights’ question in America. 1897E. Bellamy Equality xx. 119 There was a great stir about women's rights, but the programme then announced was by no means revolutionary. 1902G. B. Shaw Let. 20 June (1972) II. 276 The Woman's Rights young lady. 1963B. Friedan Feminine Mystique i. 28 The fact is that no one today is muttering angrily about ‘women's rights’, even though more and more women have gone to college. 1977Socialist Press 2 Mar. 4/1 The latest in a series of non⁓political jamborees organised around the question of women's rights took place at Alexandra Palace last Saturday. 1982N.Y. Times Mag. 1 Aug. 6 Campaigning by the women's-rights movement to purge the English language of sexism.
Hence woman's (women's) righter, a believer in or supporter of woman's rights.
1858J. J. Boyer Let. 9 July in Lawrence (Kansas) Republican 15 July 1/4 Capt. Holmes and lady joined us. She is a regular woman's righter, wears the Bloomer, and was quite indignant when informed that she was not allowed to stand on guard. 1885Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Feb. 3/2 Women's righters in Germany. 1894Le Gallienne Retrosp. Rev. (1896) II. 179 May she be saved from being a..woman's-righter! |