Suffragists vs. Suffragettes by bean, at Cool Beans 4:11 am / 11 September 2003
In a recent entry from Ampersand, there's been a bit of debate over whether the term should be suffragist or suffragette.
As I stated in the comments section:
Actually, there is no right or wrong way to use the term -- or rather, the preferred term would depend on who you were talking to.
The term Suffragette was coined by the London newspaper, the Daily News in 1906 -- scathingly they
