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===Suffragette=== The term "[[suffragette]]" was first used in 1906, as a term of derision by the journalist Charles E. Hands in the ''Mail'' to describe activists in the movement for women's suffrage, in particular members of the [[WSPU]].<ref>Crawford, Elizabeth (1999). ''The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide, 1866β1928.'' p. 452. London: UCL Press. {{ISBN|978-1-841-42031-8}}.</ref><ref>Walsh, Ben. ''GCSE Modern World History'' second edition (Hodder Murray, 2008) p. 60.</ref><ref>"Mr. Balfour and the 'Suffragettes.' Hecklers Disarmed by the Ex-Premier's Patience." ''Daily Mail'', 10 January 1906, p. 5.{{pb}}M{{cite book|last1=Holton|first1=Sandra Stanley|title=Suffrage Days: Stories From the Women's Suffrage Movement|date=2002|publisher=Routledge|location=London and New York|page=253}}</ref> However, the women he intended to ridicule embraced the term, saying "suffraGETtes" (hardening the 'g'), implying not only that they wanted the vote, but that they intended to 'get' it.<ref>Colmore, Gertrude. ''Suffragette Sally''. Broadview Press, 2007, p. 14</ref>
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