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Suffrage Angel.jpg
WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE
PREJUDICE

[Image: Pro-female suffrage black and white propaganda postcard. Here women's suffrage is depicted as an Angel pushing back prejudice in the guise of the Devil. In the background can be seen the Houses of Parliament.…

Emily Wilding Davison.jpg
[Image: Photographic postcard, portrait of Miss Emily Wilding Davison. Emily Wilding Davidson gave up her teaching post to become a career militant. She joined the Women's Social and Political Union in 1906. She served nine prison sentences, and…

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Votes for Women: The Suffragette nails her colours to the mast

[Here the suffragette is depicted as a masculine woman wearing manly clothing including a pork pie hat, this being at the time a direct reference to lesbianism. Those opposing female…

infobureau.jpg
[This postcard show the suffragettes at work in the information bureau and record office at the Women's Social and Political Union (W.S.P.U.)'s headquarters, Clement's Inn. By 1910 the W.S.P.U. employed 110 salaried staff. Together with an army of…

help.jpg
[Image: Three women with angry expressions on their faces enter a room as one man knocks over a table with a drink and playing cards, another man hides under the table, and the last man runs away. The text below the image reads: "Son help mere man"]…

suffathome2.jpg
[Image: Suffragette rolls out dough in her kitchen to bake pastries. The text above the image reads: "The Women's Freedom League, 1, Robert Street, Adelphi." The text below the image reads: "Suffragettes at Home.–(1.) Mrs. Snow Makes Pastry."];…

suffathome.jpg
[Image: Suffragette cooks jam in her kitchen. The text above the image reads: "The Women's Freedom League, I, Robert Street, Adelphi." The text below the image reads: "Suffragettes at Home.–(3.) Mrs. How Martyn Makes Jam."]; 9x14; print.
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