female suffrage

collocation in English

meaningsoffemaleandsuffrage

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female
adjective
uk
/ˈfiː.meɪl/us
/ˈfiː.meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that can give birth to young or ...
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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 offemaleandsuffragefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They sought broaderfemalesuffrageand representation in government bodies, as well as equality of men's and women's political rights.
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As a progressive thinker, he opposed racism and supportedfemalesuffrage.
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This alliance resisted even restrictedfemalesuffrage.
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Just as the western states were hotbeds of other democratizing reforms, such as the initiative, referendum, andfemalesuffrage, they likewise embraced direct election of senators.
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I have always been a very strong opponent offemalesuffrage.
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So far asfemalesuffrageis concerned that matter was dealt with once and for all 10 years ago, and it does not arise now.
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I take the case of the question offemalesuffrage.
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I need hardly say, is the question offemalesuffrage.
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But even if that were not the case, that fact was not the fault of those who were opposed tofemalesuffrage.
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It was a matter of bargain on that committee that, iffemalesuffragewere granted, university representation should be continued.
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I am not aware that advocacy offemalesuffrageor opposition to it affords any ground for taking proceedings against a periodical.
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That was no surprise to me from a country which was one of the first to grantfemalesuffrage.
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I am not going to say one word about all the arguments for and againstfemalesuffragewith which we are so familiar.
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They started upon their career in the first flush of innocence by givingfemalesuffragea majority of 167.
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The country will be thrown back again into the throes of propaganda on this question offemalesuffrage.
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It seems to me to be the first result offemalesuffrage.
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There are many paying lip service to the cause offemalesuffrage, and the sooner we know whether they are sincere or not the better.
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I do not propose in the few moments at my disposal to examine either the principles or the details of the question offemalesuffrage.
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Whatever your views may be aboutfemalesuffrage, you cannot help remembering that many are women, and therefore women come in.
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