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WHY DIDN'T YOU STAY SINGLE!

WHY DIDN'T YOU
STAY SINGLE!

VOTES
FOR
WOMEN

[Image: At the center of this vertical postcard a well-dressed man in a black pinstriped suit, brown dress-shoes, bowler hat, spectacles, vest, tie, and tie pin is pushing a wicker pram with a…

Tags: "Votes for Women" placard, Absent mother, Absent wife, AGE, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bewildered, Crying, Crying infant, EMOTIONS, Fatherhood, Feminized man, Hat, Husband, Infant, Jewelry, Man, PARENTHOOD, PUBLIC, Sad, Sad man, Shoes, Spectacles, Stroller, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING

Well I'm ___

Well I'm ___

Gone to a
meeting, the
children are
next door &
the Cold Meat
is in the
Pantry
Ethel

WOMEN'S
RIGHTS

Tags: Absent wife, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bewildered man, British, Dining room, Doll, EMOTIONS, FASHION, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, MARRIAGE, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Umbrella, Women's rights decoration

The Woman's Suffrage

THIS is how it
will be when
the Woman's
Suffrage get in
power
–

[Image: Drawing of an angry man wearing patched and ripped clothing. His suspenders and collar are unfastened, and he looks over his shoulder to examine a tear in his sleeve. ]

Tags: Absent wife, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, FASHION, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Man, PRIVATE, Unfashionable

The Suffragette Not at Home

Tags: Absent mother, Absent wife, Angry man, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Cat, Drawing, EMOTIONS, Family, FOOD, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Infant, Kitchen, Man, Middle class, Motherhood, NON-HUMAN, note, Overwhelmed father, Suffragette, Wife, Woman, Working class

The Suffragette Hubby

THE SUFFRAGETTE
HUBBY.

Hush my little baby –
Papa's little pet!
Ma's out lookin' for her
rights –
Ma's a Suffragette.

[Image: A husband holds his crying baby.]; 9x14 cm; print.

Tags: Absent mother, Absent wife, AGE, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Child, Clock, Crying, Crying infant, EMOTIONS, Family, Father, Fatherhood, Fatigued man, Gender Roles, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, Infant, Man, MARRIAGE, Mother, Older man, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, Sad, Sad man, Suffragette, Wife