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I've several little things to attend to

I'VE SEVERAL LITTLE THINGS TO ATTEND TO.

Tags: Absent wife, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bewildered man, Boy, British, bucket, Childcare, Children, EMOTIONS, Fatherhood, Feminized man, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Girl, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Infant, Lounge room, MARRIAGE, PRIVATE, Wife

"IF WE CAN'T HAVE THE VOTE, WE CAN WEAR THE TROUSERS!"

"IF WE CAN'T HAVE THE VOTE, WE
CAN WEAR THE TROUSERS!"

[Image: Staged photograph of suffragette in Paul Poiret's harem pants haranguing a group of men.]

Oh! Where is my Wandering Wife To-Night?

OH! WHERE IS MY WANDERING WIFE
TO-NIGHT?

[Image: Part of a series of cards, this card contains an illustration of a man wearing a bathrobe and holding two babies in his arms. Inset to the upper right is a woman addressing a crowd of people, with…

VOTES FOR WOMEN

"There ain't much 'am in that sandwich, 'Arry."
"No; but there's plenty of mustard."

VOTES FOR WOMEN

[Image: A colored photo postcard featuring two men standing on a street corner outside a shop talking, beside a mannish suffragette holding a…

Is Marriage a Failure?

IS MARRIAGE A FAILURE?

Tags: Angry man, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Baby, Bedroom, British, Failure, Father, Holmfirth, MARRIAGE, Mother, Sleeping

Now then there, get a move on you.

NOW THEN THERE, GET A MOVE
ON YOU.

Tags: Adultized child, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, Child, cleaning, Domestic activity, domestic father, EMOTIONS, Father, Girl, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Kitchen, Man, Mop, Photograph, PRIVATE, Sad, Sad man

Single Bliss

SINGLE BLISS

Verso: Series no. 1044

Tags: ACTIVITIES, Alcohol, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bachelor, Book, British, Chair, Drinking, EMOTIONS, Happy, Happy man, HOUSEHOLD, Lounge room, Man, MARRIAGE, PRIVATE, Reading, Single, Sitting, Smoking, Table

Matrimonial Bliss

MATRIMONIAL BLISS

Tags: ACTIVITIES, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Appealing, APPEARANCE, British, Childcare, Drawing, Family, FASHION, Fashionable, Fatherhood, Gender Roles, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Infant, Man, Motherhood, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, Sewing, Wife, Woman

"Is your baby fond of you?"

"IS YOUR BABY FOND OF YOU?"
"FOND? FATHER! WHY HE GOES TO
SLEEP ALL DAY ON PURPOSE TO
KEEP ME COMPANY ALL NIGHT!"

HOME
SWEET
HOME

MAY YOUR
TROUBLES
ALL BE
LITTLE ONES

Tags: Absent mother, Absent wife, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Appealing, APPEARANCE, British, Childcare, Drawing, Family, FASHION, Fashionable, Father, Grandfather, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Infant, Man, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE

Everybody Works But Father

EVERYBODY WORKS BUT FATHER.

Tags: Absent mother, Absent wife, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Boy, British, bucket, Childcare, Children, Father, Fatherhood, Girl, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Infant, Man, MARRIAGE, PRIVATE

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