In 1842, the suffragist movement under the leadership of Thomas Dorr developed into an armed rebellion, which eventually forced the state government to adopt universal suffrage.

1842年，争取普选权的运动在多尔律师领导下演变为武装起义，迫使州政府做出让步。

Most of scholars have studied the event from political-historical or constitutional-historical perspectives and considered the suffragist movement as a middle-class reform activity.

迄今为止，学者大都从政治史或法律史的角度研究这次事件，认为它是中产阶级的改革运动。

Suffragist groups existed all over the country and under many different names but their aim was the same: to achieve the right to vote for women through constitutional, peaceful means.

妇女参政者团体在全国各地出现,名目不一但目标一致:通过宪政,和平手段达至妇女投票权.