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FOR "SPEAKER" OF THE HOUSE.

THE SUFFRAGETTE.

FOR "SPEAKER"
OF THE HOUSE.

HULLO! -ic-
M'LOVE,
GIM'ME
M'RIGHTS

[Image: Printed in color on cream cardstock. A fashionably dressed woman with a Gibson Girl hairstyle is holding a broom and appears to be haranguing her…

Tags: Abusive wife, ACTIVITIES, Alcohol, American, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, Bewildered man, Broom, Cane, Cigar, Clock, EMOTIONS, FASHION, female politician, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Man, MARRIAGE, Politician, PRIVATE, Rights, Shoes, Smoking, SYMBOLISM, Unappealing, VIOLENCE, Wife, Woman

GIRLS I DIDN'T MARRY: The Suffragette

[Image: A man is being kicked out of a brick building by seven women who are portrayed as old or unattractive, or both. All are wearing boots and plain dresses. The main female character is wearing a "Votes for Woman" button and on the bottom of…

Give Me a Vote or -

[Image: A masculine suffragette with her hair in a bun and a Tyrolean hat threatening to launch a "Votes for Women" stone in a sling. The text on the behind and below her reads, "Give me a vote or - Sermons in Stones!"] Color; 9x14cm; Print

Home, Sweet Home

Striking examples of a suffragette's "HOME" if they have any home.

[Produced as propaganda for the anti-women's suffrage campaign. This example of anti-suffragette 'hate mail' was sent to the headquarters of the Women's Social and Political Union…

Tags: Angry man, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, Chair, Drawing, EMOTIONS, Fight, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Kitchen, Man, Music, Physical violence, Punch, VIOLENCE, Woman

I AM NEUTRAL – maid and mistress

[Image: Part of a series of postcards, labeled No. 2178, 10 designs, "Neutral" Comic.

Cartoon illustration of a man hiding in a closet while two women argue in the kitchen. One woman says "I'm me own boss, see!" and the other says "You must do as…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Angry, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, CLASS, Cooking, EMOTIONS, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Kitchen, Man, MARRIAGE, Middle class, PRIVATE, Wife, Woman, Working class, Working woman

I AM NEUTRAL – suffragettes

In the distance two women face each other, pointing in each other’s faces. One holds a banner that says, “Votes for Women”; the other hold a banner that says, “Anti—“; question marks and exclamation points are drawn above them. In the foreground a…

I've Still Got My Eye on You

[Image: Posed photograph of a toddler peeking out from behind a broadside advertising a performance by Mrs. Howard Paul in her impersonation of Miss Grym in which she will lecture on Woman's Rights. The text reads above the toddler reads, "'I've…

Tags: Adultized child, Advertisement, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, Child, Miss Grym, Mrs. Howard Paul, Photograph, Reading, Suffragette

Inmate of Lunatic Asylum to Visitor

Tags: Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, Asylum, Asylum patient, Drawing, Inferiority, Older woman, Suffragist, Unappealing, Unfashionable

Just take it from me

JUST TAKE IT FROM ME. DONT
EVER TRY TO TELL A HEAVY
WEIGHT SUFFRAGETTE THE
REASON SHE SHOULDN'T BE
ALLOWED TO VOTE.

[Image: A boy is standing and holding his head; one of his eyes is blacked. His hat sits on the ground next to him. In the…

Tags: Abusive woman, Adultized child, American, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Black eye, Boxing, Boy, Child, Children, Fight, Florey, Girl, Hat, Heavyweight, Militant, SPORT, Suffering man, Suffrage, Suffragette, VIOLENCE

Just take it from me--don't every try to tell a heavy weight suffragette the reason she shouldn't be allowed to vote

Tags: Adultized child, Angry man, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Black eye, CLASS, Drawing, FASHION, Fight, Physical violence, Suffragette, Upper class, VIOLENCE

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