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A woman's place is in her home

A woman's place is in
her home

VOTES FOR WIMMEN

VOTES FOR WOMEN

Ambition

[Image: Sepia-toned postcard with an illustration of a little girl standing on a chair, addressing her dolls, seated on the floor. Above the dolls is the sign, "Suffragettes' Meeting," and above that is a sign with the seal for England.

On the…

And this is what the vote has done for us women!

And this is what
the vote has done for us women!

[Image: This card features a full color illustration of a young girl and boy. The boy is seated, with his legs crossed, smiling. The girl is carrying two buckets, walking toward him.

The card is…

Tags: Adultized child, AGE, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bow, Boy, bucket, Children, CLASS, Girl, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Labor, Working child, Working class

Anna Pavlovna Filosofova

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Анна Павловна Философова

Право сильного не есть божественное.
А. Философова.

Translation (Google Translate):

Anna Pavlovna Filosofova

The right of the strong is not divine.
A. Filosofova.

Tags: AGE, Anna Pavlovna Filosofova, FASHION, Fashionable, HISTORICAL FIGURES, Older woman, Photograph, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Quotation, Russia, Russian League Equality of Women, St. Petersburg

ARE YOU . . . . . MR. HENPECKO?

ARE YOU . . . . .
MR. HENPECKO?

VOTES FOR HENS

Tags: "Votes for Women" sash, ACTIVITIES, AGE, American, Angry, Angry man, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Chick, Chicken, Cockerel, Cradle, EMOTIONS, Fatherhood, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, Infant, Motherhood, NON-HUMAN, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, Smoking, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, VIOLENCE, Wife

Birthday Greetings

[Image: On the top third of this vertical postcard a girl is standing next to a woman with white hair. The girl is looking at the woman while the woman looks at a portrait of a man in suit and cravat. Under the portrait is a plant stand with a…

Tags: AGE, American, Birthday, Children, Fatherhood, Flowers, HOLIDAYS, Motherhood, NON-HUMAN, PARENTHOOD, PLANT, PRIVATE, PRO-SUFFRAGE

Born One Suffragette

[Image: A stork is sticking his head through a window on the right-hand side of the card. In his beak is a adultized child with a brass bell in her right hand and a Votes for Women placard in her left hand. She is wearing a yellow hat with big red…

Tags: "Votes for Women" placard, AGE, ANIMAL, Birthday, Birthright, Flowers, Infant, NON-HUMAN, PLANT, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Stork, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, SYMBOLISM

Buying Votes

Buying Votes.

[Image: This card, is part of a twelve-card series, featuring children, illustrated by Indiana artist Cobb Shinn. The illustration features a girl kissing a boy who is wearing a sailor suit. She is holding a "Votes for Wimmen" flag,…