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

VOTES
FOR
SKIRTS

HELP

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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…

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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."

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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…

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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…

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