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Domestic scene (household upturned)

Tags: ACTIVITIES, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bewildered man, Chair, Childcare, Children, Cooking, Couple, EMOTIONS, Fatherhood, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Infant, Kitchen, MARRIAGE, Motherhood, Newspapers, PARENTHOOD, Pram, PRIVATE, Smoking, Stroller, Sweden, Swedish

Everybody Works But Father

EVERYBODY WORKS BUT FATHER.

Tags: Absent mother, Absent wife, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Boy, British, bucket, Childcare, Children, Father, Fatherhood, Girl, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Infant, Man, MARRIAGE, PRIVATE

THE SUFFRAGETTE.

FOR "SPEAKER"
OF THE HOUSE.

HULLO! -ic-
M'LOVE,
GIM'ME
M'RIGHTS

[Image: Printed in color on cream cardstock. A fashionably dressed woman with a Gibson Girl hairstyle is holding a broom and appears to be haranguing her…

Tags: Abusive wife, ACTIVITIES, Alcohol, American, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, Bewildered man, Broom, Cane, Cigar, Clock, EMOTIONS, FASHION, female politician, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Man, MARRIAGE, Politician, PRIVATE, Rights, Shoes, Smoking, SYMBOLISM, Unappealing, VIOLENCE, Wife, Woman

Home, Sweet Home

Striking examples of a suffragette's "HOME" if they have any home.

[Produced as propaganda for the anti-women's suffrage campaign. This example of anti-suffragette 'hate mail' was sent to the headquarters of the Women's Social and Political Union…

Tags: Angry man, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, Chair, Drawing, EMOTIONS, Fight, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Kitchen, Man, Music, Physical violence, Punch, VIOLENCE, Woman

How the Law 'Protects the Wife'

WIFE: "Sir, can you help me, my husband earns 30/- a week and only gives me 5/- for food for myself and children." LAW: "I cannot help you my good woman, you husband need only keep you alive, that is one of the laws of England."

Tags: Absent father, American, British, Childcare, Fatigued Woman, Finance, FOOD, Grandmother, Housework, Husband, Inferiority, Injustice, Judge, Law, Man, Older woman, Politics, Prejudice, Resigned, Rights, True Woman, Wife

I AM NEUTRAL – maid and mistress

[Image: Part of a series of postcards, labeled No. 2178, 10 designs, "Neutral" Comic.

Cartoon illustration of a man hiding in a closet while two women argue in the kitchen. One woman says "I'm me own boss, see!" and the other says "You must do as…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Angry, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, CLASS, Cooking, EMOTIONS, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Kitchen, Man, MARRIAGE, Middle class, PRIVATE, Wife, Woman, Working class, Working woman

I am saddest when I sing

Tags: Absent wife, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, EMOTIONS, Feminized man, Garden, GENDER/SEXUALITY, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, MARRIAGE, PRIVATE, Queer, Sad man, Suffering, Washing

I can heartily recommend my wife

THE SUFFRAGETTE.

I can heartily recommend
my wife for the office of
SECRETARYESS of WAR She's a born scrapper
Yours, Ben A. Bused.

GOD BLESS
OUR HOME

I Told You So

THE SUFFRAGETTE.

"I TOLD
YOU SO."

THE MORNING SUFFRAGETTE
BULLETIN.
A NEW ERA OF
PROSPERITY AT
HAND.
WITH THE NEWS THAT
A SUFFRAGETTE HAS
BEEN ELECTED AS
OUR NEXT PRESIDENTESS,
SEVERAL FLATIRON
AND ROLLING PIN
FACTORIES…

I wish I was Single Again

Tags: ACTIVITIES, AGE, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, Chair, Childcare, Couple, Cross-dressing, Domineering woman, EMOTIONS, FASHION, Fatherhood, Fatigued man, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Infant, Lounge room, Motherhood, PRIVATE, Sleeping

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