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Militant Suffragettes

MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES.

MORE
KANDY
MORE
JAM

NO MORE
SCHOOL
FOR US!

HUBBIES
TO BE
HOME
BY
8 P.M.

[Image: Three children walk in a line outside. The first child, a girl, holds a sign that reads, “More Kandy More Jam.” The second…

Tags: American, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Boy, British, Children, Dog, Doll, Florey, Girl, March, Militant, NON-HUMAN, Picketing, Suffragette

Votes for Women!

[Image: A girl wearing a hat and dress is reaching up towards a chalkboard. Behind her is a doll and carriage. Next to her are two buckets. On the chalkboard is a drawing of the Statue of Liberty, labelled “Liberty. A drawing of a hangman is labelled…

Tags: American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bow, British, Child, Doll, Florey, Girl, Hanging, Hat, HISTORY/GOVERNMENT, Liberty, Man, Painting, Rights, Statue of Liberty, Toy, VIOLENCE, Votes for Women

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…

I pray for all the grownups wherever they may be, wat's done one teeny weeny thing to get a vote for me

Tags: AGE, Bedroom, Child, Doll, Drawing, Love, Praying, PRO-SUFFRAGE, SYMBOLISM

Suffrage First

[Image: A young boy with flowers in hand reaches for a young girl. The girl's doll lays in the floor at her feet. The text below the image reads, "Suffrage First."]; 9x14cm; print.

Tags: Adultized child, AGE, American, Assertive, Bow, Boy, Children, Courting adultized child, COURTSHIP, Determined, Doll, Dress, EMOTIONS, Flowers, Girl, HOUSEHOLD, New Jersey, PLANT, PRO-SUFFRAGE, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING

ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SUFFRAGETTE.

At 15 a little pet.
At 20 a little Coquette.
At 40 Not married yet!
At 50 a suffragette.

Suffragette Madonna: Crop of 1910

[Image: Under the title "Suffragette Madonna," a man dressed in business attire is holding a blond baby doll and holding a bottle to the doll's mouth. He is standing in what appears to be a dining room with a gold charger sitting on the plate ledge…

Tags: Absent mother, AGE, American, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Cat, Childcare, Doll, Fatherhood, Feminized man, Gender Roles, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, Infant, Madonna, Man, NON-HUMAN, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, SYMBOLISM, Toy, Wife, Woman

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