The suffragettes (female) did not have the right to vote (prior to the enactment of the 19th amendment). Men (including minorities) did have the right to vote. By the early 1900s, women were still being excluded from this right, however.
In Britain they were Suffragettes, led by Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst & her daughters, Sylvia & Christobel.
National Society for Women's Suffrage was created in 1867.
She spoke at places on behafe of the Suffragettes
The term "suffragettes" originated in Britain in the early 20th century. It was coined to describe women who were actively advocating for women's suffrage, or the right to vote. The word is derived from "suffrage," which means the right to vote, and the diminutive "-ette," which typically denotes female membership in a particular group.
They were campaigning for women's suffrage (hence the name) - suffrage is the right to vote in elections.
Suffragettes. The movement was called "Women's Suffrage".
The suffragettes (female) did not have the right to vote (prior to the enactment of the 19th amendment). Men (including minorities) did have the right to vote. By the early 1900s, women were still being excluded from this right, however.
The suffix 'ette' is the feminine form of the word. 1897 when Millicent Fawcett founded the National Union of Women's Suffrage. "Suffrage" means the right to vote and that is what women wanted - hence its inclusion in Fawcett's title.
In Britain they were Suffragettes, led by Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst & her daughters, Sylvia & Christobel.
National Society for Women's Suffrage was created in 1867.
Suffrage. The participants in the movements were called 'suffragists' or 'suffragettes'.
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), also known as the Suffragists (not to be confused with the suffragettes) was an organisation of women's suffrage societies in the United Kingdom.
so that women could win the right to vote! (The term for the right to vote is "suffrage".)
She spoke at places on behafe of the Suffragettes
The term "suffragettes" originated in Britain in the early 20th century. It was coined to describe women who were actively advocating for women's suffrage, or the right to vote. The word is derived from "suffrage," which means the right to vote, and the diminutive "-ette," which typically denotes female membership in a particular group.
They were called suffragettes. == == == ==