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The titles suffragist and suffragette sound similar--and we wouldn't blame you for thinking they were synonyms.
妇女政权论者和妇女参政论者听起来很相似--如果你觉得它俩是同义词，也没人会怪你。
Both describe various activists in the women's suffrage movement in the United States and Great Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
这两个词都描述了19世纪末和20世纪初美国和英国妇女选举权运动中的各种积极分子。
But a suffragist and a suffragette weren't exactly the sameand, a hundred years ago, calling a person the wrong one could even be offensive.
但是，妇女政权论者和妇女参政论者并不完全相同，一百年前，如果你用错了词去形容别人，可能还显得很无礼。
Let's get into the history.
我们来看看历史吧。
The word suffragist first appeared in the early 19th century, mostly referring to voting rights for free Black Americans.
妇女参政论者这个词最早出现在19世纪初，主要指自由的美国黑人的投票权。
By the end of the century, though, the term had been almost entirely co-opted by the women's suffrage movement (in which, in turn, white women received an outsize amount of the publicity and credit).
然而，到了本世纪末，这个词几乎完全被妇女选举权运动所采用(反过来，这项运动让白人妇女获得了过多的宣传和赞誉)。
Suffragists were largely characterized by their dedication to nonviolence: they believed women would achieve the right to vote through peaceful methods like marches, handing out pamphlets, and public speeches.
妇女政权论者的主要特点是他们不崇尚暴力：他们相信妇女可以通过游行、分发小册子和公开演讲等和平方式获得投票权。
The word suffragette emerged much later, first appearing in print in 1906 when a British reporter used it as a derogatory term regarding women's suffrage activists.
妇女参政论者一词出现的时间要晚得多，1906年它首次出现在印刷物上，当时一名英国记者把它当做贬义词，形容女性选举权活动家。
The suffix -ette served as a diminutive in an attempt to minimize the women's cause.
后缀-ette起到了极小的作用，想要将“女性”这个色彩降到最低。
Instead of being offended, some British groups--particularly the more radical ones--reclaimed the term as a positive one.
一些英国团体--特别是更激进的团体--非但没有觉得被冒犯到，反而还把这个词重新定义为一个积极的词。
Suffragettes didn't limit themselves to handing out pamphlets.
妇女参政论者并不局限于分发小册子。
They damaged public property, spit at police, set things on fire, and often ended up in jail.
他们会破坏公共财产，向警察吐口水，放火焚烧东西，最终往往会被关进监狱。
They weren't just asking for the right to vote--they were demanding it.
他们不仅在请求获得投票权--而是要求获得它。
While a few American women adopted the suffragette name and methods, most considered the term to be offensive.
虽然少数美国女性采用了妇女参政论者这个名号和他们的方法，但大多数人认为这个词很冒犯人。
While you could likely call a suffragette a suffragist with little problem, you wouldn't want to make the mistake the other way around.
你可以把妇女参政论者称为妇女政权论者，但可千万别犯说反了这种错误。
