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"Just by way of a Change": 4
"Just by way of a Change": 5
Tags: Absent wife, ACTIVITIES, Angry man, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Appealing, APPEARANCE, British, CLASS, Clock, FASHION, Fashionable, Feminized man, FOOD, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, Inequality, Key, Man, MARRIAGE, Middle class, Milk, PUBLIC, Rights, Shoes, Wife, without children, Woman, Working class, Working man
"LET THE PEOPLE RULE"
WE'RE THE PEOPLE
WE'RE THE ANIMALS
"Now! Where's my vote?"
[Image: Postcard is part of Series 591, and depicts a young girl, wearing a large bow, struggling to hold up a very large hammer.
On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Elsie J. Termouth Elmtree Suffolk Street…
Tags: Adultized child, AGE, Angry, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bow, British, Child, Determined, Drawing, EMOTIONS, Girl, Hammer, Threat of Violence, VIOLENCE
"Since Father Went to Work"
Tags: Abusive woman, AGE, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, CLASS, EMOTIONS, Fatherhood, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Older man, PUBLIC, Washing, Working class, Working man
"THE HOUSE" that man built – Suffragettes of note
And these are the Suffragettes of note
Determined to fight for their right to vote,
For they mean to be, each one an M.P.
And they'll keep their vow some fine day you'll see,
For the Suffragette is determined…
"THE HOUSE" that man built: A wonderful change
But oh what a wonderful change inside
The women as well as the men preside
They both hold the reins & no one complains
For the men now admit that the ladies' have brains
And are every bit quite as fitted to…
"THE HOUSE" that man built: Ladies of Fame
And these are a few of the Ladies of Fame
Anxious to write M.P. after their name,
With each sex on a par, why put up the bar?
For M.P. means either Mama or Papa,
Quoth the sweet Suffragette we're entitled to…
"THE HOUSE" that man built: Members
And these are the Members who've been sitting late
Coming out arm in arm, from a lengthy debate,
Women and men 'neath the shade of Big Ben
In the Year - well we cannot exactly say when;
But the brave Suffragette very…
"THE HOUSE" that man built: Minister
And this is the Minister weary and worn
Who treated the Suffragette with scorn,
Who wanted to Vote, and (a saying to quote),
Dared him to tread on the tail of the coat
Of the bold Suffragette determined to…
Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Angry, Angry man, Appealing, APPEARANCE, British, CLASS, EMOTIONS, FASHION, Fashionable, Feather, Hat, HISTORY/GOVERNMENT, House of Parliament, Man, PLACE, Politician, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Suffering, Suffering man, Suffragette, Upper middle class, Votes for Women, Woman