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VOTES FOR WOMEN

HYDE PARK
SUNDAY JUNE 21

CABINET MINISTERS
SPECIALLY INVITED

Mrs. Drummond Opposite the Terrace of the House of Commons Addressing M.P.'S
Inviting Them to the Hyde Park Demonstration

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Ah' go lay an Egg –

WIVES
MEET
TONIGHT
VOTES
FOR
WOMEN
WOMEN
YOUR FREEDOM
IS IN QUESTION
STRIKE
MERE MEN

[Image: A woman in a chicken costume is surrounded by three children in chicken costumes. Behind her on the wall is a poster…

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[Image: A block of text listing many of the rights sought by the Suffrage Movement. The first word, "I," is an ornately decorated dropcap. The postcard reads: "I do not have all the rights I want. I want the right to close the mines and mills against…

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The Suffragette in Court: "Two months without chocolates"

VOTES FOR WOMEN

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Jane Bull: "No women admitted! No wonder the place is in such a state. High time for a good spring clean!"

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"A perfect woman, nobly planned
To warn, to comfort and command."

I WANT A VOTE

GIVE ME A VOTE AND SEE WHAT I'LL DO

[Image: Postcard depicts an ugly buck-toothed suffragette waving a flag, "I want a vote," above her head in front of the…

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[This postcard shows a Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) rally in Hyde Park on 23 July 1910. The demonstration was staged in support of the Women's Conciliation Bill being debated in parliament at the time. Two processions converged on Hyde…

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Votes for Women: The Suffragette nails her colours to the mast

[Here the suffragette is depicted as a masculine woman wearing manly clothing including a pork pie hat, this being at the time a direct reference to lesbianism. Those opposing female…

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[This postcard shows a 'poster parade' by a group of suffragettes wearing sandwich boards printed in purple, white and green, the suffragette colours, to advertise a demonstration to be held on Ealing Common on 1 June 1912. This was one of a series…
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