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This is "THE HOUSE" that man built
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…

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I PRAY FOR ALL THE GROWN UPS WHEREVER THEY MAY BE
IT'S DONE ONE TEENY WEENY THING TO GET A VOTE FOR ME
WHEN I AM OLD I'LL USE IT I'M NEITHER RICH NOR CLEVER
BUT I CAN GIVE THEM LOTS OF LOVE FOREVER AND FOREVER

[Image: Pro-suffrage postcard by…

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The Anti Suffragist!

"I do not want to fly," said she
"I only want to squirm!"
She drooped her wings dejectedly
But still her voice was firm
"I do not want to be a fly
I want to be a worm!"

O yesterday of unknown lack!
To-day of unknown…

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"In the dim and speculative future"

THIS YEAR–
NEXT YEAR–
SOMETIME–
! ! !

[Image: Postcard designed by Gladys Letcher of the Suffrage Atelier, contains an illustration of Prime Minister Asquith delaying the vote for woman's suffrage.

The…

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IN A WOMANS GRIP

BY
FRED
MELVILLE

[Image: Black and white postcard issued to promote the theatrical production of the melodrama "In a Woman's Grip," by Fred Melville. The card displays a series of artistic vignettes from the play.]

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THE SIMPLE LIFE. – Caravanning: A halt by the wayside.

[Image: Part of a series of postcards created by artist Ernest Ibbetson, entitled "The Simple Life." This card refers to suffrage caravans that took place beginning around 1908, when…

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ONLY A FIGURE OF SPEECH.

THE
DIVISION
IN
THE
WOMENS
MOVEMENT

VOTE
FOR
WOMEN

[Image: This postcard is part of series entitled "Haremette." Color illustration of a masculine looking woman wearing harem pants, making an address. The…

To My Valentine.jpg
To my
Valentine.

When I asked you to be mine
Give me time is all you'd say,
Now that you're a Suffragette
Time you'll get, in Holloway.

VOTES FOR WOMEN

[Image: Postcard shows a police officer holding an angry suffragist who is carrying a…

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SUFFRAGISTS
ATTACKING
A POLICEMAN.

[Image: Postcard is labeled No. 641, and contains a colorful cartoon illustration of one woman restraining a police officer while another woman hits him with an umbrella.

On the verso, the card is addressed…

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THE SUFFRAGETTE
Proudly Goes to – Glory

VOTES FOR WOMEN

[Image: Postcard is part of a six-card series entitled "The Suffragette. This card shows an ugly buck-toothed suffragists sticking her head through the bars of the carriage taking her to…
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