someone who campaigns for people to have the right to vote, especially those in the U.K. and U.S. who campaigned for women’s right to vote in the early 1900s. Suffragists used only lawful methods, while suffragettes were prepared to break the law in order to support their demands.Rochester is the hometown of women’s suffragist Susan B. Anthony, whose home is now a museum.
An active participant in the suffragist movement, she motivated many women to register to vote.