suffragism
Advocating electoral inclusion
Suffragism is the movement advocating for voting rights, particularly the campaign for women's suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The term encompasses the ideology and activism of those who believed voting was a fundamental right that should extend beyond property-owning men: The suffragism of the era united women across class lines.
National legislative assembly
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- democracyRule by the people
electorate · ballot · reform · representation · vote · constituency · lobbying · bill
Philosophy of universal equality
- parityState of being equal
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- justiceFair treatment under law
inclusivity · emancipation · liberation · equal rights · gender equality · women's rights · anti-discrimination · personhood
Organized protest outside workplace
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- advocacyPleading for a cause
campaigning · boycott · civil disobedience · grassroots · nonviolent resistance · petitioning · rally · march
Historic New York reform gathering
- Sojourner TruthAbolitionist and suffragist orator
- Susan B AnthonySuffragist leader, dollar namesake
- Black FridayMajor retail discount day
- Ida B WellsInvestigative journalist, civil rights pioneer
Elizabeth Cady Stanton · temperance · bloomers · white dress
Organized effort toward goal
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- delegatesChosen representatives or assigns
petition drive · speaking tour · newspaper · pamphlet · meeting · chapter · membership · leadership
parliament
National legislative assembly
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
democracy · electorate · ballot · reform · representation · vote · constituency · lobbying · bill · amendment
egalitarianism
Philosophy of universal equality
- parityState of being equal
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
justice · inclusivity · emancipation · liberation · equal rights · gender equality · women's rights · anti-discrimination · personhood · autonomy
picketing
Organized protest outside workplace
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
advocacy · campaigning · boycott · civil disobedience · grassroots · nonviolent resistance · petitioning · rally · march · direct action
Seneca Falls
Historic New York reform gathering
- Sojourner TruthAbolitionist and suffragist orator
- Susan B AnthonySuffragist leader, dollar namesake
- Black FridayMajor retail discount day
Elizabeth Cady Stanton · Ida B Wells · temperance · bloomers · white dress
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
delegates · petition drive · speaking tour · newspaper · pamphlet · meeting · chapter · membership · leadership · strategy
- Victorian IdeasVictorianism, Darwinism, social Darwinism, evolution, natural selection
- liberation movementsgay liberation, queer liberation, animal liberation, national liberation, feminism
- political ideologiesconservatism, conservative, anarchism, liberalism, liberal
- ideologiescapitalism, communism, conservatism, liberalism, socialism
- radicalismradical, extremism, radicalism, militancy, fanaticism
suffragismanti-feminism
Opposition to gender equality
coverture · patriarchalism · traditionalism · social conservatism · anti-reform
- suffragist movementCampaign for voting equality