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"THE OPPORTUNIST."

WOMEN'S FRANCHISE BILL
ANTIS

Tags: Activist, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANIMAL, British, CLASS, Donkey, Drawing, Education, Franchise, HISTORY/GOVERNMENT, Middle class, NON-HUMAN, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Satire, Suffrage Atelier, SYMBOLISM

"Votes for women Cardiff University Rag Week."

[Image: Lorry, loaded with young men and women in fancy dress, with a handwritten "Votes for Women" sign on side]

Tags: AGE, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, British, Cardiff University, Costume, Crowd, Education, FASHION, Handwriting, Lorry, Man, March, Photograph, Prisoner, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, TRANSPORT, Truck, Umbrella, Woman, Young man, Younger woman

"What are men, who are they, where are they, &c. &c."

"What are men, who are they, where are they, &c. &c."

WE
WILL
NEVER
GIVE
IN

VOTES
FOR
WOMEN

Tags: "Votes for Women" banner, Activist, ACTIVITIES, AGE, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Audience, British, Older woman, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Stump speech, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Suffragist

"When Father says 'Vote' - we all vote!"

"When Father says 'Vote' - we all vote!"TO THEPOLLS[Image: Illustrator Donald McGill's postcards proved hugely popular with seaside holidaymakers.The two postcards of this kind in the collection comment on the passing of the Equal Franchise Act in…

"Where are you going to, my pretty Maid?"

"Where are you going to, my pretty Maid?"
"I'm going a-voting, Sir," she said.
"And who shall you vote for, my pretty Maid?"
That Duck in plus fours, kind sir," she said.

[Image: Illustrator Donald McGill's postcards proved hugely popular with…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Briefcase, British, EMOTIONS, Flapper, Gender Roles, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Hat, Male politician, Man, Politician, PUBLIC, Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act, Surprise, Surprised Man, Umbrella, Voting, Woman

1913 Women's Suffrage Parade

[Image: Several different scenes of the 1913 suffrage parade and pageant in Washington, DC were available on postcards, a popular souvenir. This card shows the crowd of spectators at the March 3, 1913 suffrage parade.

On the day before the 1913…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, ANIMAL, CLASS, Crowd, FASHION, Hat, Horse, Horseriding, Man, Middle class, National Woman's Party, NON-HUMAN, Parade, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Washington D.C., Woman, Working class

1913 Women's Suffrage Parade

[Image: Several different scenes of the 1913 suffrage parade and pageant were available on postcards, a popular souvenir. The parade’s floats and marching sections represented women’s organizations and the progress of women’s rights.

On the day…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, ANIMAL, CLASS, Crowd, Hat, Horse, Horseriding, Man, Middle class, NON-HUMAN, Parade, PLACE, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Washington D.C., Woman, Working class

Alva E. Belmont

Post card of formal portrait, Alva Belmont, full-length, standing, facing forward, wearing wide-brimmed hat, fur-trimmed jacket, and holding large fur muff.

Tags: Alva E. Belmont, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, FASHION, Fashionable, fur, Hat, HISTORICAL FIGURES, Jewelry, Photograph, PRO-SUFFRAGE

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…

AMENDMENT FLOAT - SUFFRAGETTE'S PARADE - MARCH 3 - 1913 - WASHINGTON - D.C.

WE DEMAND AN
AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES
ENFRANCHISING THE
WOMEN OF THIS COUNTRY

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