Iron front and back of shirt holding baby, objecting to it? (8)
I believe the answer is:
feminist
'baby objecting to it?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'iron front and back of shirt' is the wordplay.
'iron' becomes 'Fe' (Fe is the chemical symbol for iron).
'front and back of' becomes 'minis' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'shirt' becomes 't' (as in a T-shirt).
'fe'+'minis'+'t'='FEMINIST'
'holding' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for feminist that I've seen before include "Female supporter" , "Advocate of women's rights" , "I'm finest as activist in women's lib movement" , "I'm finest (anag.)" , "I'm finest with supporter of women's lib" .)