[Ads-l] Antedating of "America First"

[Shapiro, Fred]

The OED's first use citation for the phrase "America first" is dated 1915.  Sarah Churchwell _Behold, America_ (2018) discusses a number of earlier uses of "American first" beginning in 1884, at pages 39-40 of her book.


Fred Shapiro

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