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Ah' go lay an Egg

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…

Great Suffrage Demonstration

GREAET SUFFRAGE DEMONSTRATION
HISS HISSY ADDRESSES A MEETING OF THE GOOSE'S
SOCIAL and POLITICAL UNION

"IS A QUESTION OF
GANDER – I MEAN GENDER
– TO STAND BETWEEN
US AND THE VOTE?"

[Image: Goose addressing a meeting of geese. Text above…

Tags: ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, bucket, Crowd, Drawing, Gaggle, Gander, Goose, NON-HUMAN, PRISON, Prisoner, PUBLIC, Satire, Stump speech, Suffrage, Women's Social and Political Union, WSPU

Just Home from College

[Image: Photograph of a dog representing a woman who is a recent college graduate. The dog is wearing graduation cap and sign around its neck that say, "Votes for Women". The text below the photograph reads, "Just Home from College"] Photograph

Tags: "Votes for Women", "Votes for Women" placard, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANIMAL, British, Dog, Education, Hat, NON-HUMAN, Photograph, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Votes for Women

The "Suffragette": Down With the Tom Cats

THE "SUFFRAGETTE."
DOWN WITH THE TOM CATS.

VOTE
FOR
SHES

[Image: An angry dirty cat bearing its claws while holding a sign that says, "Vote for Shes." The text along the bottom reads,"The 'Suffragette.' Down with the Tom Cats."] Color;…

Tags: Angry, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, Cat, Cat and Mouse Act, Drawing, EMOTIONS, NON-HUMAN

But surely my good woman don't you yearn for something beyond sufficient money?

Tags: ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, British, Canvassing, Cat, CLASS, Drawing, FASHION, Finance, Law, Man, Middle class, Money, PUBLIC, Suffragist, Unappealing

Who Said Votes for Women!!!

Tags: ACTIVITIES, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, British flag, Bulldog, Dog, Drawing, Eyeglasses, Flag, Glasses, NON-HUMAN, pipe, Smoking

An Easter Prophecy

AN
EASTER
PROPHECY

When hens all join
the suffrage ranks
The Bunnies' little
Easter pranks
Will have to keep up
every day –
Or else who will the
fresh eggs lay?

Tags: "Votes for Women", American, ANIMAL, Bunny, Chicken, Drawing, Easter, Egg, Flowers, Hen, HOLIDAYS, NON-HUMAN, PLANT, PRO-SUFFRAGE, SYMBOLISM

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…