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Women working to secure the voting rights of other women. "Suffrage" is derived from Latin "suffragium"= "right to vote", "ette" a traditional method from French of indicating a diminutive or female application. It became synonymous with those who struggled to give American women the right to vote in the early 20th century, but could, by extension, apply to women who struggle for anyone's right to vote. Some dictionaries use "suffragist" as a synonym, but that loses the gender-specificity of -ette, and is better applied when gender of the supporter or recipient of the right to vote is not necessarily female.
Because the question specifically asks for words to describe the suffragettes rather than a definition, answers will be subjective. I'd note that they faced economic, physical, and social intimidation, and so would choose brave, selfless, strong, determined, foresighted, revolutionary. Those reflect my politics. Others might include feminist, as well as a multitude of other terms. "Lysistratic" would be an interesting term to apply, though it would not be universal, and should reflect the history of that word.
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Is there a list of Scottish Suffragettes from Glasgow. Many thanks Deb Dickman
