Do you wan to argue with the Oxford English Dictionary too?Are you sure about that? Did you 'personally' question them on that subject?Or, are you assuming and conjecturing out of your own biased opinion?
person, n.
II. A human being, and related senses.
2. a. An individual human being; a man, woman, or child.
In ordinary usage, the unmarked plural is expressed by the word people; persons emphasizes the plurality and individuality of the referent (see PEOPLE n. 2a).
In earliest use: the individual acting in a particular capacity or concerned in some respect (cf. sense 1).
b. A man or woman of high rank, distinction, or importance; a personage. Usually (and now only) with modifying word or phrase. c. In emphatic use: a human being, as distinguished from an animal, thing, etc. In later use also: an individual regarded as having human rights, dignity, or worth. Cf. sense 5.
c. In emphatic use: a human being, as distinguished from an animal, thing, etc. In later use also: an individual regarded as having human rights, dignity, or worth. Cf. sense 5.
II. A human being, and related senses.
2. a. An individual human being; a man, woman, or child.
In ordinary usage, the unmarked plural is expressed by the word people; persons emphasizes the plurality and individuality of the referent (see PEOPLE n. 2a).
In earliest use: the individual acting in a particular capacity or concerned in some respect (cf. sense 1).
b. A man or woman of high rank, distinction, or importance; a personage. Usually (and now only) with modifying word or phrase. c. In emphatic use: a human being, as distinguished from an animal, thing, etc. In later use also: an individual regarded as having human rights, dignity, or worth. Cf. sense 5.
c. In emphatic use: a human being, as distinguished from an animal, thing, etc. In later use also: an individual regarded as having human rights, dignity, or worth. Cf. sense 5.
I'm sure Dr. Emily Howard Stowe would be delighted with your elegant dismissal of her work.Those women won nothing, other than to be elevated from a 'non-person' to a 'person' - big deal! "Whopee!" She says. "Now, I can be a bona fide slave owned by the corporate Crown."
That's not an Ad Hominem, perhaps you should do more research.Ad hominum statement noted.
Learning to think would be a start.Learn what? That I should be thinking like a good obedient Communist slave?