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So many little things to attend to

Tags: Absent wife, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bewildered man, Chair, Childcare, Children, EMOTIONS, Fatherhood, Feminized man, GENDER/SEXUALITY, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, Infant, MARRIAGE, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, Toy

Son help mere man

[Image: Three women with angry expressions on their faces enter a room as one man knocks over a table with a drink and playing cards, another man hides under the table, and the last man runs away. The text below the image reads: "Son help mere man"]…

Tags: ACTIVITIES, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bewildered man, Bewilderment, British, British suffragette, Cards, Chair, Domineering woman, Drawing, Drinking, EMOTIONS, Gambling, INTERNATIONAL, Man, Surprised Man

St. Valentines Greeting

[Image: A vertical postcard shows a child-like "Betsy Ross" woman sitting in a rocking chair. On her lap lies a patchwork quilt piece. She is threading a needle. On the back of the rocking chair is a red and white doily or crocheted piece. The…

Tags: 19C, ACTIVITIES, Adultized child, AGE, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Chair, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, PRIVATE, Sewing, True Woman

Suffragette Series No 7: Election Day

Suffragette Series No 8: I don't care if she never comes back

Tags: Absent wife, American, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Cat, Chair, Childcare, Children, CLASS, Fatherhood, Feminized man, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Happy man, HOUSEHOLD, Infant, Lounge room, MARRIAGE, Middle class, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, Toy

THE MODERN SHIRLEY

POLITICAL POWER
VOTES FOR WOMEN
MR. SYMPSON (JOHN BULL): “Are you a young lady?”
SHIRLEY (GIRL OF THE PERIOD): “I am a thousand times better - I am an honest woman and as such I will be treated.”

Tags: "Votes for Women" sash, AGE, British, Chair, Everyman, Everywoman, Flag, John Bull, Man, Older man, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, SEX, SOCIAL IDENTITY, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Woman, Young woman

The Suffragette

Woman frightened by mouse, standing on chair.

Tags: ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Chair, Dress, Emotion, Fear, Lounge room, Mocking, Mouse, Photograph, Suffragette, Younger woman

THE SUFFRAGIST AT HOME

[Image: A women in her bedclothes is lying in bed pointing a finger at her husband. She is upset. The husband is sitting on a stool holding two bablies who are crying, he is also in his bedclothes and has a look of surrender on his face. The…