Real Dictionary

suffragette
countable noun: In the early twentieth century in Britain, a suffragette was a woman who was involved in the campaign for women to have the right to vote.

suffragette in American English
a woman who militantly advocates the right of women to vote
noun: a woman advocate of female suffrage

suffragette in British English
noun: a female advocate of the extension of the franchise to women, esp a militant one, as in Britain at the beginning of the 20th century