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"IF WE CAN'T HAVE THE VOTE, WE CAN WEAR THE TROUSERS!"
CAN WEAR THE TROUSERS!"
[Image: Staged photograph of suffragette in Paul Poiret's harem pants haranguing a group of men.]
"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…
Tags: Basket, British, CLASS, Cross-dressing, FASHION, Flowers, Future, Gender Roles, Man, Middle class, PLANT, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Sundial
"Just by way of a Change": 2
Tags: Absent mother, Absent wife, ACTIVITIES, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Appealing, APPEARANCE, Bewildered man, Bow, Boy, British, Childcare, Children, CLASS, EMOTIONS, FASHION, Fashionable, Fatherhood, Girl, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, Man, MARRIAGE, Middle class, Motherhood, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, PROFESSION, Shoes, Smoking, Toy, Unappealing, Wife, Woman, Working class
"Just by way of a Change": 4
"Just by way of a Change": 5
Tags: Absent wife, ACTIVITIES, Angry man, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Appealing, APPEARANCE, British, CLASS, Clock, FASHION, Fashionable, Feminized man, FOOD, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, Inequality, Key, Man, MARRIAGE, Middle class, Milk, PUBLIC, Rights, Shoes, Wife, without children, Woman, Working class, Working man
"Since Father Went to Work"
Tags: Abusive woman, AGE, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, CLASS, EMOTIONS, Fatherhood, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Older man, PUBLIC, Washing, Working class, Working man
"THE HOUSE" that man built – Suffragettes of note
And these are the Suffragettes of note
Determined to fight for their right to vote,
For they mean to be, each one an M.P.
And they'll keep their vow some fine day you'll see,
For the Suffragette is determined…
"THE HOUSE" that man built: A wonderful change
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…
"THE HOUSE" that man built: Minister
And this is the Minister weary and worn
Who treated the Suffragette with scorn,
Who wanted to Vote, and (a saying to quote),
Dared him to tread on the tail of the coat
Of the bold Suffragette determined to…
Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Angry, Angry man, Appealing, APPEARANCE, British, CLASS, EMOTIONS, FASHION, Fashionable, Feather, Hat, HISTORY/GOVERNMENT, House of Parliament, Man, PLACE, Politician, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Suffering, Suffering man, Suffragette, Upper middle class, Votes for Women, Woman
"THE HOUSE" that man built: Statesmen
Can Women expect
To rule such a HOUSE.
She that’s afraid of a poor little mouse:
NO! NO!! Suffragette your place in not yet,
Inside THE HOUSE…