Antedating of "Suffragette"

[Fred Shapiro]

suffragette (OED 1906)

1904 _Boston Daily Globe_ 30 Aug. 8 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
Lord Haldane chuckled when the question of woman suffrage was brought up.
"Yes, I am a suffragist," he said, "but I do not approve of the militant
suffragettes.

Fred Shapiro


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