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And this is what the vote has done for us women!

And this is what
the vote has done for us women!

[Image: This card features a full color illustration of a young girl and boy. The boy is seated, with his legs crossed, smiling. The girl is carrying two buckets, walking toward him.

The card is…

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Another Injustice to Women!

[Image: A British Suffragette with unappealing features pointing to an announcement that reads, "for men only." The text above the woman says, "Another Injustice to Women!" One of our site visitors wrote in with this further explanation: "PSA refers…

Tags: Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Assertive, British, British suffragette, Canvassing, Drawing, Goofy Teeth, Hat, Inequality, Masculinized woman, Pointing, PUBLIC, Sharp Nose, Spectacles, Suffragette, Unfashionable

ARE WE DOWNHEARTED? NO!

ARE WE DOWNHEARTED? NO!

THE SUFFRAGETTES

VOTES FOR WOMEN

POLICE COURT

[Image: Postcard with a cartoon illustration of a police officer struggling to carry a woman who is holding out a "Votes for Women" sign from Police Court.

On the…

Tags: ANTI-SUFFRAGE, CLASS, Coercion, Force, Hat, Hatpin, Man, Middle class, Police, PROFESSION, Suffragette, Umbrella, VIOLENCE, Votes for Women, Woman

Arrest of CAPT. C. M. GONNE

Arrest of CAPT. C. M. GONNE, Member of the Men's Political Union for Women's Enfranchisement,
Parliament Square, November 18th, 1910.

"Daily Mirror" Photograph

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, British, Charles Gonne, CLASS, Crowd, FASHION, Hat, Man, Men's Political Union for Women's Enfranchisement, Middle class, Photograph, Police, policeman, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Suffragist men, Uniform, Working class

Atlanta's equal suffrage float in a civic parade

Back of Card: Atlanta's equal suffrage float in a civic parade 1913

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, Atlanta, Car, CLASS, driving, FASHION, Fashionable, Flowers, Georgia, Hat, Parade, Photograph, PLACE, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, TRANSPORT, Upper class, Woman

Be My Valentine! Votes for Skirts

VOTES FOR SKIRTS
HELP

THE SUFFRAGETTE
The thing that really gets your goat
Is how you think you'll get the vote
By Standing as a sample show
Of "government by petticoat."

Better Stay Home Than Go Out And Hatch Trouble

BRISTOL "VARSITY STUDENTS REVENGE." THE WRECKED SUFFRAGETTES HEADQUARTERS.

[Image: A large crowd gathers outside the Women's Social and Political Union meeting place in London to witness the destruction of the headquarters by students of Bristol University. The students were responding to the burning down of their sports…

Tags: Activist, ACTIVITIES, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bristol, British, CLASS, Crowd, Hat, HISTORY/GOVERNMENT, Horse, London, Man, NON-HUMAN, Photograph, PLACE, PUBLIC, VIOLENCE, Woman, Women's Social and Political Union, Working class, WSPU

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

BY GUM! THEM SUFFRAGETTES BE GITTIN EVERYTHING

BY GUM! THEM SUFFRAGETTES BE GITTIN EVERYTHING.

THIS BENCH FOR WOMEN

FOR LADIES
ONLY

[Image: Color illustration of a man looking at a sign that says "For ladies only", a woman seated on a bench labeled "This bench for women", and in the…

Tags: ACTIVITIES, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Appealing, APPEARANCE, Book, Carpet bag, FASHION, Fashionable, Hat, Hotel, Man, PUBLIC, Reading, Segregation, Sitting, Tie, Umbrella, Woman

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