Assertion: prefix | /r/CapableOf | become popular
Facets:
value: in the '60s
type: TEMPORAL
value: to discourage defining women
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: While the prefix Ms. was viewed as revolutionary when it first became popular in the '60s to discourage defining women by their marital status, a user of the Google group net.nlang all the way back in 1982 was already suggesting that Ms., along with Mr., Miss, and Mrs., was behind the times: