Check out this story from The New York Times, circa 1916, about legendary Suffragette icon and former Rep. Jeannette Rankin, R-Mont., the first woman ever elected to Congress.
On the other hand, the language is not nearly as shocking as you find in the paper’s coverage of race.
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That is very interesting. Thank you for pointing it out. How did you ever find a story that old?
Pete:
I wish I could say some special sleuthing led me to that Times article. I had followed a post elsewhere about Hillary making a gaffe while invoking Rankin and that post contained a link to this article.
I took the opportunity to tweak the Times because it has a shameful history that it has never had to answer for because it is, well, the freaking New York Times.
Thanks for reading.
michael o. allen
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