suffrage

White women were not given suffrage until the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920.

Twain was a cauldron of creativity and often courage, speaking for Black equality and the suffrage movement, and against anti-Chinese harassment, colonialism and kings.

Stanton is a bit of an elitist; Anthony actually comes from a more reformist, anti-slavery tradition, but she still makes those expedient compromises, which I think costs the suffrage movement.

"Many have taken non-violent direct action over the centuries from the abolition of slavery to women's suffrage and prison reform."

Over time, its adherents pushed for the abolition of slavery, for women’s suffrage, for civil rights for all, for same-sex marriage.