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"Be it ever so homely."

Tags: Absent wife, Adultized child, AGE, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Chair, Couple, Doll, EMOTIONS, Fatherhood, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, Lounge room, MARRIAGE, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, Suffering man

[Image: A husband with a sad expression is stilling in a chair in his robe, pajamas and slippers. A young girl with a blue bow in her hair is spilling milk out of a bowl and onto his right foot. A young boy is pulling hard on the belt of his robe…

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

"Now! Where's my vote?"

"Now! Where's my vote?"

[Image: Postcard is part of Series 591, and depicts a young girl, wearing a large bow, struggling to hold up a very large hammer.

On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Elsie J. Termouth Elmtree Suffolk Street…

Tags: Adultized child, AGE, Angry, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bow, British, Child, Determined, Drawing, EMOTIONS, Girl, Hammer, Threat of Violence, VIOLENCE

"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: Minister

This is "THE HOUSE" that man built,
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…

"THE HOUSE" that man built: Statesmen

THE HOUSE that our Statesmen for years have controlled Ruling the world with mind fearless and bold;
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…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Big Ben, British, CLASS, EMOTIONS, GENDER/SEXUALITY, HOUSEHOLD, London, Masculinized woman, Mouse, NON-HUMAN, PLACE, PUBLIC, STATESMEN/STATESWOMEN, Suffering woman, Woman, Working class

"THE HOUSE" that man built: Suffragette lady of note

THIS IS "THE HOUSE" THAT MAN BUILT,
AND this is the Suffragette lady of note
Who once used A BRICK for recording her vote,
Who one fine day went
With the fullest intent;
To show the Prime Minister business was meant,
But the bold Suffragette…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Big Ben, Bow, British, EMOTIONS, FASHION, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Lesbian iconography, London, Masculinized woman, Militant, PLACE, PUBLIC, Queer, SYMBOLISM, Umbrella

"THE HOUSE" that man built: Tattered and torn

THIS IS "THE HOUSE" THAT MAN BUILT,
AND this is the policeman all tattered and torn
Who wished women voters had never been born,
Who nevertheless
Tho it caused him distress
Ran them all in,
In spite of their dress:
The poor Suffragette
Who…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Big Ben, British, Dress, EMOTIONS, FASHION, GENDER/SEXUALITY, HOUSEHOLD, Lesbian iconography, London, Man, Masculinized woman, Physical violence, PLACE, Police, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Queer, Umbrella, Uniform, VIOLENCE, Woman

"THE HOUSE" that man built: The poor Suffragette

The House that Man Built – poor suffragette.jpg

THIS IS "THE HOUSE" THAT MAN BUILT,

AND this is the home
of the poor Suffragette,
And there's room for
a great many more
in it yet;
When they racket
and riot
And will not keep quiet,
We place them on plank
beds and very low diet;
To stop…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Angry, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, British, CLASS, EMOTIONS, FASHION, Glasses, Holloway Prison, Middle class, PLACE, Police, policeman, PRISON, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Spectacles, Suffragette, Unappealing, Unfashionable, Uniform, VIOLENCE

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