Meaning of suffragent | Babel Free

Definitions

A male supporter of women’s right to vote in the early 20th century.

historical

Examples

“The “suffragent” comes in for his share of criticism. The “Hospital” states: “We cannot view with satisfaction the adherence of certain individuals of the opposite sex whose function seems to be that of ‘complemental male,’ as among the crustacea.[…]””

““Are there any suffragents among fowls or birds?” asked Mr. [Ross] Agnew. / “What are they?” Mr. Robinson inquired. / “Male birds that do the chores about the house, the cooking and all that.” / “Oh, yes,” replied Mr. Robinson. “The male robin is a suffragent. Mrs. Robin makes him help out in the hatching very frequently, and instead of sporting around on the lawns the old man has to cover the eggs and keep them warm while Mrs. Robin attends meetings.” Whereupon another vote was taken on the suffragist question and the women lost again.”

“Was their participation as “suffragents” lost in recall because of the fullness of the subsequent twenty, thirty, forty, or fifty years in most of their lives? Or was the downplaying deliberate, a postchivalrous response to obscure their role in the great women’s epic, as good allies should; that certainly has been the effect. It would be consistent with the League’s performance throughout the period of its existence that the men preferred to stay in the historical shadows.”

“Other suffragists (like Susan B. Anthony and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont) and “suffragents” helped make the referendum a reality here. Ms. [Elaine] Weiss called New York “the linchpin” that put our country on the path to pass the 19th Amendment in 1920, granting women across the United States the right to vote.”

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