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Votes for Women

A woman wearing a hat with feathers, a corset, a full skirt, and boots is blowing a horn. Attached to the horn is a banner that reads, “Votes for women.”

[Image: This card has a color illustration of a woman playing the trumpet, with a "Votes for…

Tags: "Votes for Women", "Votes for Women" banner, Appealing, APPEARANCE, Bugle, Dress, FASHION, Fashionable, Germany, Hat, Jewelry, Music, Musical Instrument, NATIONALITY, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Suffragette, Votes for Women, Woman

Bryan's My Man -- Who's Yours?

[Image: A sketch of a fashionable woman with the phrase "Bryan's my man -- Who's yours?" underneath. Printed on a cream-colored card. Likely produced in support of William Jennings Bryan who used suffrage as a platform during his third bid for…

Tags: American, Appealing, APPEARANCE, Assertive, CLASS, Drawing, Dress, Election, FASHION, Fashionable, Hat, Legislation, Male politician, Man, Politician, Politics, President, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Upper middle class, Woman

I'll Get That Vote Yet!!!

[Image: An exasperated girl with a torn dress and disheveled hair. The text below the image reads: "I'll Get That Vote Yet!"]Color; Drawing

Tags: Adultized child, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bewildered, Bow, Child, Children, Defeated, Drawing, Dress, EMOTIONS, FASHION, Girl, Hat, New York State, Resigned, Ribbon, Sad, Shoes, Suffering, VIOLENCE

Sir, Will Women Ever Have Votes?

[Image: A photograph of a woman and man standing together talking. The woman points out a newspaper article to the man who shakes his finger at her. The text beneath the photograph reads: "Sir, Will Women ever have Votes? - 'WAIT and SEE!'"]…

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Wot Ever You Do–I Votes for You!

[Image: Little girl putting a ballot marked "You" into a ballot box. Text along the bottom reads, "Wot ever you do - I votes for you!" Signed by illustrator Mabel Lucie Attwell.] Color; 9x14cm; Print

Tags: Adultized child, AGE, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Ballot Box, Boater Hat, Bow, British, Child, Chinese, Drawing, Dress, Education, Girl, Hat, Infant, Intentional misspelling, PRO-SUFFRAGE, RACE, Racism, Voting

The Suffragette - Pouting in Prison

[Image: A young girl in a red dress sits with her legs crossed pouting in a prison cell as she leans on a "Votes for Women" placard. Text below the photo reads, "The Suffragette, Pouting in Prison."] Color; 9x14cm; Photograph

The Suffragette - In Court

[Image: A young girl in a green dress stands pouting in a court room beside her "Votes for Women" placard while a judge sits in front of her and reads off her sentence. The text below reads, "The suffregette in court - two months without chocolates"]…

The Suffragette - I Will See the Government

[Image: A young girl in a green dress stands pouting as she is handcuffed to a fence. On the other side of the fence a police man stands guard with his back turned toward the girl. The text along the bottom reads, "The suffragette. I will see the…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Arrest, Bow, British, Child, Coercion, CRIMINAL, Defeated, Disenfranchisement, Drawing, Dress, Duty, EMOTIONS, FASHION, Fence, Freedom, Girl, Hat, Impatient woman, Inequality, Law, Liberty, London, Mocking, Opportunity, Police, policeman, Power, Prisoner, PUBLIC, Resigned, Rights, sad woman, Shoes, Standing, Uniform, Working man

The Suffragette - Somebody Please Move this Horrid Man

[Image: A young girl in a pink dress throws a tantrum as she is blocked from entering into a building by a policeman who is holding up his hand as a gesture to tell her she is not allowed entry. The text along the bottom reads, "The Suffragette.…

Tags: Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Assertive, Bewildered woman, Bow, British, Child, Civil disobedience, CLASS, Dress, Duty, FASHION, Fence, Girl, Inequality, Inferiority, Law, Liberty, London, Militant, Mocking, Police, policeman, Power, PUBLIC, Resistance, Rights, Shoes, Standing, Superiority, Uniform, Working class

The Suffragette.– "Down with Man Made Laws!"

[Image: A young girl in a pink dress and oversized hat speaking from atop a barrel, next to a "Votes for Women" sign in Trafalgar Square, London, England. She appears to be handing out information about the women's suffrage movement while an officer…

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