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Is This Right?

IS THIS RIGHT?

FRANCHISE

THE OPEN MARKET

Woman. Why can't I have an umbrella too?
Voter. You can't. You ought to stop at home.
Woman. Stop at home indeed! I have my Living to earn.

Tags: Basket, British, Capitalism, CLASS, FASHION, Inequality, Labor, Man, Market, Middle class, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, SYMBOLISM, Umbrella, Woman, Working class, Working woman

Suffragette Series No 2: Electioneering

Tags: American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bribery, CLASS, Class of voter, EMOTIONS, FASHION, Feminine woman, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Masculinized woman, Middle-class woman, Older woman, PUBLIC, Suffragette, Suffragette Series, Working woman

VOTES FOR WOMEN

IT DOESN'T "UNSEX" HER -
TO DO THIS
OR THIS
OR THIS [FACTORY]
OR THIS
OR THIS
BUT THIS - [POLLS]
IS ANOTHER STORY

Tags: Activist, American, CLASS, Class of voter, Labor, National American Woman Suffrage Association, NAWSA, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Suffrage, Working class, Working woman

THE SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS OF THE WORKING WOMAN

WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC
SWEATED LABOUR

Tags: Activist, British, CLASS, Everywoman, Greek Mythology, Labor, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, SEX, SOCIAL IDENTITY, White Slavery, Woman, Working class, Working woman

They Have a Cheek, I've Never Been Asked

FACTORY
ACTS
REGULATIONS
FOR
WOMEN

Tags: Artist's Suffrage League, British, CLASS, Factory, Labor, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Working class, Working woman

THE SUFFRAGETTE
BAR.

NOTHING
BUT
ICE CREAM
AND
PRETZELS.
OH! JOY!

NO
TRUST

[Image: This card, Number 4014, is part of a sixteen-card series. Three women are at a bar facing a fourth woman. All are dressed well and colorfully. They are…

Tags: Alcohol, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, CLASS, Domineering woman, FASHION, FOOD, Hat, Hatpin, Ice Cream, Man, Middle class, Prohibition, PUBLIC, Restaurant, Suffragette, top hat, Unappealing, Unfashionable, Woman, Working class, Working woman

"This is our first task"

Deep rooted prejudice
Votes for women

Tags: Activist, ACTIVITIES, British, British suffragette, Drawing, Flowers, Hat, INTERNATIONAL, Labor, NATIONALITY, Prejudice, PRO-SUFFRAGE, shovel, Votes for Women, Women's Social and Political Union, Working woman, WSPU

The People's House (No Women Admitted)

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

Tags: "Votes for Women" sash, ACTIVITIES, Appealing, APPEARANCE, British, bucket, CLASS, Drawing, FASHION, Fashionable, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Jane Bull, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Reform, Sash, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Woman, Working class, Working woman

Votes for Women: "California Next"

[Image: The image is of a woman in a yellow hat and dress. she is holding a pole with a yellow banner attached to it. The banner states: Votes for Women. Underneath this banner is the the text, "California Next, For Address Only." Underneath this…

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