When did "Women" become an Adjective?

[Senegoid]

@BigT

Yeah, but they have problems with “woman,” since it contains the word
“man.”

(Psst… Don’t tell them that “female” contains the word “male”.)

[pulykamell]

So where does “League of Women Voters” (established 1920) fit into this debate?

[Marley23]

@BigT

Yeah, but they have problems with “woman,” since it contains the word
“man.”

No, they don’t. With the exception of a few people on the far fringes, feminists have no problem using the word woman. It’s mostly a caricature.

@handsomeharry

I had been under the impression that humans were animals.

We’re all animals, but you won’t find that many women talking about finding a male and taking him down a peg.

[Snickers]

@flatlined

I’ve seen deeds and other recorded documents that identified the lady involved as a “spinster woman”. These were from the middle 1800’s, so I don’t think its that new.

@Inner_Stickler

That’s spinster modifying the noun woman, though.

Yabbut, “spinster woman” sounds like it’s from the Department of Redundancy Department. A “spinster” ***is ***a woman, by definition. “Spinster” itself is a noun, just like “woman.” So one of those words is superfluous.