suffragist
noun
suf·frag·ist ˈsəf-ri-jist 
: one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The reason why reproductive rights were omitted from the suffragist campaign is complex. 
Lauren Thompson, The Conversation, 6 Sep. 2022 Cooke-Keyser said a note Page wrote to one of her education students in 1900 offers a window into the activist spirit that led her to become a suffragist. John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022 And there’s the journalist and suffragist Ida B. Wells (Nikki M. James), who unsuccessfully tries to bring race into the movement, challenging Paul’s myopic vision for change. New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022 One will bear the name of the late Lucy Stone, a suffragist and abolitionist, and the late Sojourner Truth, an abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2022 However, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the most influential suffragist of her time, disagreed. Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 28 June 2022 Rachel Sussman, one of our producers, gave me the book that suffragist Doris Stevens wrote called Jailed for Freedom. Madison Feller, ELLE, 27 May 2022 Paul is joined in the metaphorical barracks by Lucy Burns (played by an understated Ally Bonino), her friend and fellow suffragist who helped Paul form the National Woman’s Party. New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022 The Cincinnati markers honor suffragist Lucy Stone and her husband, Henry Blackwell (located at 2900 Gilbert Ave. Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2022 See More
Lauren Thompson, The Conversation, 6 Sep. 2022 Cooke-Keyser said a note Page wrote to one of her education students in 1900 offers a window into the activist spirit that led her to become a suffragist. John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022 And there’s the journalist and suffragist Ida B. Wells (Nikki M. James), who unsuccessfully tries to bring race into the movement, challenging Paul’s myopic vision for change. New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022 One will bear the name of the late Lucy Stone, a suffragist and abolitionist, and the late Sojourner Truth, an abolitionist and women’s rights activist. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2022 However, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the most influential suffragist of her time, disagreed. Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 28 June 2022 Rachel Sussman, one of our producers, gave me the book that suffragist Doris Stevens wrote called Jailed for Freedom. Madison Feller, ELLE, 27 May 2022 Paul is joined in the metaphorical barracks by Lucy Burns (played by an understated Ally Bonino), her friend and fellow suffragist who helped Paul form the National Woman’s Party. New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022 The Cincinnati markers honor suffragist Lucy Stone and her husband, Henry Blackwell (located at 2900 Gilbert Ave. Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
suffrage + -ist entry 1
First Known Use
1818, in the meaning defined above