tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836032513708232334.post2576203359635540966..comments2024-03-12T04:39:29.868+00:00Comments on A Vindication of the Rights of Mary: A book to save up forRoberta Wedgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13619847452197496153noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836032513708232334.post-22065796223269844752011-10-05T16:15:17.637+01:002011-10-05T16:15:17.637+01:00Interesting. I had always understood that "su...Interesting. I had always understood that "suffragette" was a word coined as a sneer by a tabloid newspaper, and claimed with pride by the campaigners it had tried to disparage. There is a long history of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reappropriation" rel="nofollow">reclaiming words</a>: "gay" used to be an insult, and is now so mainstream that "homosexual", previously neutral, has become the marked term; "queer" is one of those words that can only safely be spoken by those who use it in self-identity. In Britain, as far as I am aware, "suffragist" is used for those people who campaigned for a wider extension of the franchise to men, and "suffragette" for most of the campaigners (window-breakers and not) who wanted Votes for Women. It is a proud and honourable name. (And Bob - I haven't forgotten your email. The exhibition is queued up.)Roberta Wedgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619847452197496153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836032513708232334.post-72555446164863785972011-10-05T14:47:46.003+01:002011-10-05T14:47:46.003+01:00I don't know how this is viewed in Britain, bu...I don't know how this is viewed in Britain, but in the U.S. the term "suffragettes" is not viewed positively by a good number of feminists because of the meanings of the suffix "...ettes." When I was first getting exposed to feminism and women's history in the early 1970s, a feminist friend told me in no uncertain terms that I should use the term "suffragists." I have ever since. And I've seen it used many times here in feminist writings, although some use "suffragettes."Bob Lammnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836032513708232334.post-63463850354049474522011-10-04T07:47:30.757+01:002011-10-04T07:47:30.757+01:00You think this is extravagant? Just you wait till ...You think this is extravagant? Just you wait till next Tuesday's book update!Roberta Wedgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619847452197496153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836032513708232334.post-39618939392221612722011-10-04T00:50:27.845+01:002011-10-04T00:50:27.845+01:00Oh my Goodness! I want a copy too... for the time...Oh my Goodness! I want a copy too... for the time being I'll see if my cheap library can buy it.Vertigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742339386797940444noreply@blogger.com