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RE: How do we remember 1918?

in #culture9 years ago

Yes, a good idea that could be made even more revealing. The rise and fall of certain terms and ideas in original sources is interesting, too - especially steep changes. For instance, check this measure of "suffrage" (in red) and "influenza" (in blue) out from Google Ngram
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That’s a really interesting observation. Although the term “suffrage” remains more popular, you see the phrase “voting rights” gain more traction.
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