[Ads-l] Antedating of "Herstory"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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herstory (OED 1932)

1876 _Independent Record_ (Helena, Mont.) 17 Aug. 2/2 (Newspapers.com)  The sex should have its distinctions of spelling and pronunciation. When an authoress writes history, it should be called her-story.

Fred Shapiro


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