Further Antedating of "Suffragette"

[Shapiro, Fred]

suffragette (OED 1906)

1902 _Puck_ 11 Aug. 13 (American Periodical Series)  It required three thousand policemen to check the latest attempt of the suffragettes to enter the House of Commons. -- _News Item_.

Fred Shapiro



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