[Word Powers] Today's Words

Hospice (hos-pis) (noun):  A house of shelter or rest for pilgrims, strangers etc.

Mother Teresa opened the first hospice for the poor & dying in the space made available by the City of Calcutta.

  Suffrage (suhf-rij) (noun):

 1.    The right to vote, esp. in a political election.

2.    A vote given in favor of a proposed measure, candidate, or the like.

 In 1919, poet and political activist Sarojini Naidu headed a small deputation of women to England to present the case for female suffrage and demanded the inclusion of women in the Indian government.