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Linked Together by the Law

Image: There are four figures and they are all connected by a long chain handcuffed to each wrist. There are two weighted balls on each end of the chain, each labeled: The Law. The figure on the left is a man in the striped costume of a prisoner.…

Tags: American, Chain, Child, CRIMINAL, Law, Man, Prisoner, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Virginia, Woman

Little Bo Peep: Votes for Sheep

LITTLE BO PEEP
SAID "VOTES FOR MY SHEEP"
BUT DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET THEM.
SHE STOOD IN TEH STREET
WITH A CROOK ALL COMPLETE.
IF SHE SEES A NEW HAT SHE'LL FORGET THEM.

VOTES FOR SHEEP: A MARTYR

[Image: Part of a series of postcards…

Tags: Adultized child, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bow, Britain, Child, Girl, Hat, HOLIDAYS, Little Bo Peep, Martyr, Newspaper, NON-HUMAN, Nursery rhyme, PRISON, Prisoner, PUBLIC, Sheep, SYMBOLISM, Valentine, Voting

Merry Christmas and Votes for Women in 1910

Tags: ACTIVITIES, Bow, British, Child, Christmas, Drawing, Drum, Girl, HOLIDAYS, Music, Musical Instrument, PLANT, PRO-SUFFRAGE

MISS SYLVIA PANKHURST AND HER LITTLE CHARGE

Sylvia Pankhurst - The East London Federation of Suffragettes.jpg

MISS SYLVIA PANKHURST AND HER LITTLE CHARGE
THE EAST LONDON FEDERATION OF SUFFRAGETTES

Tags: Appealing, APPEARANCE, British, Child, East London Federation of Suffragettes, FASHION, Girl, Hat, HISTORICAL FIGURES, Infant, London, PRIVATE, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Suffragette, Sylvia Pankhurst, Toy, Unappealing

Nobody loves me

Nobody loves me,
How can I win any votes.

VOTES
FUR
VIMMEN

Tags: "Votes for Wimmen", "Votes for Women" banner, Adultized child, AGE, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bow, Child, Crying, EMOTIONS, Girl, Intentional misspelling, Love, PUBLIC, Sad, SLANG, Suffering, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, SYMBOLISM, Voting

Nobody loves me -- Guess I'll be a suffragette

NOBODY LOVES ME –
– GUESS I'LL BE A SUFFRAGETTE

Tags: Absent father, Absent mother, AGE, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bloomers, Child, Crying, Crying infant, Dog, Drawing, EMOTIONS, FASHION, Fatherhood, Girl, Infant, Love, Motherhood, NON-HUMAN, Pants, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, Toy, Unfashionable, VIOLENCE

Now then there, get a move on you.

NOW THEN THERE, GET A MOVE
ON YOU.

Tags: Adultized child, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, Child, cleaning, Domestic activity, domestic father, EMOTIONS, Father, Girl, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Kitchen, Man, Mop, Photograph, PRIVATE, Sad, Sad man

PAST TIMES IN UTAH

PAST TIMES IN UTAH

1832

[Image: Color illustration of a group of Mormon wives, most who look like men, fighting in the bedroom. C.R. Miller may have drawn other postcards with a similar theme.]

Tags: Absent father, Absent husband, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bedroom, Celestial wives, Child, Crying, Crying infant, Drawing, EMOTIONS, Infant, MARRIAGE, Mormonism, Mother, Motherhood, PARENTHOOD, Polygamy, PRIVATE, Religious, Utah, VIOLENCE, Wife, Woman

She's good enough for me!

[Image: At the top of this vertical postcard is the title "VOTES FOR WOMEN." Below the title is a young boy wearing an Uncle Sam suit--red and white striped pands, blue tuxedo jacket, white cumberband and shirt, and white, children's dress shoes. …

Suffrage First!

VOTES FOR WOMEN

Suffrage First!

[Image: At the top of this vertical postcard is the title "VOTES FOR WOMEN." Below the title is a young boy wearing blue short-pants and a white and blue sailor shirt. His feet are clad in pinkish-white…

Tags: ACTIVITIES, Adultized child, AGE, American, Assertive, Bloomers, Bow, Boy, Child, Coercion, Courting adultized child, COURTSHIP, Doll, Dress, EMOTIONS, Flowers, Gender Roles, Girl, Kissing, PLANT, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Shoes, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Toy, Votes for Women

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