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LIFE'S LITTLE TRAGEDIES. - IN THREE ACTS. -

[Image: A narrative in three panels. In the first, a fashionable woman is courted by a nervous, well-dressed man; the caption reads "Fairy." In the second, the same couple, now married, walks arm in arm as they begin their domestic life. The husband…

Tags: Absent mother, Absent wife, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bewildered man, Child, Childcare, COURTSHIP, Fashionable, Fatherhood, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, MARRIAGE, Motherhood, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, PUBLIC, Romance, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Umbrella, Wife

Letter Carrier

THE SUFFRAGETTE
LETTER CARRIER.

WOULD YOU TRUST YOUR
WIFE AS LETTER CARRIER?
HONEST, WOULD YOU?

[Image: A woman dressed in a fashionable postal worker outfit opens a letter she is delivering. She sports an exaggerated hairstyle. She leads a…

Tags: American, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, Dog, Family, FASHION, Hat, Hatpin, Letter, Mail, MARRIAGE, NON-HUMAN, Postal worker, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Puppy, Unappealing, Unfashionable, Wife

The Suffragette Hubby

THE SUFFRAGETTE
HUBBY.

Hush my little baby –
Papa's little pet!
Ma's out lookin' for her
rights –
Ma's a Suffragette.

[Image: A husband holds his crying baby.]; 9x14 cm; print.

Tags: Absent mother, Absent wife, AGE, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Child, Clock, Crying, Crying infant, EMOTIONS, Family, Father, Fatherhood, Fatigued man, Gender Roles, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, Infant, Man, MARRIAGE, Mother, Older man, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, Sad, Sad man, Suffragette, Wife

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

Secretaryess of Treasury

THE SUFFRAGETTE
SECRETARYESS
OF TREASURY.

"HONEST CRAFT."

Tags: ACTIVITIES, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, Bedroom, Drawing, FASHION, female politician, Finance, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, Man, MARRIAGE, Money, Politics, PRIVATE, Suffragette, SYMBOLISM, Theft, Unappealing, Unfashionable, Wife, Woman

Alimonially Inclined

ALIMONIALLY INCLINED.

Tags: American, APPEARANCE, Beach, COURTSHIP, FASHION, Gender Roles, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Man, MARRIAGE, PUBLIC, Unappealing, Unfashionable, Woman

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

SUFFRAGETTES AT HOME – Mrs. How Martyn Makes Jam

[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.

SUFFRAGETTES AT HOME – Mrs. Snow Makes Pastry

[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."];…

Tags: Absent father, Absent husband, ACTIVITIES, British, British suffragette, Cooking, Domestic woman, FOOD, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, INTERNATIONAL, Kitchen, MARRIAGE, Photograph, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Traditional Gender Role, True Woman, True womanhood, Wife

Who said Divorce!

Tags: Abusive woman, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bewildered man, British, Chair, Couple, EMOTIONS, FASHION, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, Lounge room, MARRIAGE, Physical violence, PRIVATE, Umbrella, VIOLENCE, Wife

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