The title of suffragette was given to members of the women's suffrage movement, originally in the United Kingdom. The term was originally coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory term toward the WSPU members, however the former members of the WSPU adopted this term for themselves. The term comes from the word suffrage, which means the right to vote. The word was originally coined to describe a more radical faction of the suffrage movement in the UK, mainly members of the Women's Socia… (
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