suffrage
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The author places the Fowlers’ uplifting take on phrenology in the context of the era’s other reform movements—abolition, suffrage and temperance—which aimed for large-scale social transformation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Somalians turned out in droves on Thursday to vote in local elections in the capital Mogadishu -- the first by universal suffrage in nearly 60 years -- with the city locked down amid security concerns.
From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025
The Emancipation Proclamation, followed by the 13th Amendment and Lincoln’s unprecedented public call for black suffrage, confirmed his place at the forefront of progress.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Every generation scuffles for something: suffrage, equality, autonomy, decent health, fair pay, even the right to keep on fighting.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
Both women stayed at the elegant Hermitage Hotel, which became ground zero in the suffrage fight.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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