Pied noir: an American connection? or maybe not...

[Jim Parish]

Laurence Horn wrote:
> Was "suffragette" ever embraced by its adherents?  Or is it more like
> "women's libber", which was never reclaimed.

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette) suggests so, although
without supporting evidence.

Jim Parish

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