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Beacon Lights

Beacon Lights

Frederick Douglass
1817-1895

Paul Laurence Dunbar
1872-1906

Tags: African American, American, Angel, Antislavery, CLASS, Frederick Douglass, HISTORICAL FIGURES, Man, Paul Laurence Dunbar, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Racial uplift, Slavery, SYMBOLISM, Woman

I hardly know how to start

I hardly know how to start.

Tags: AGE, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, British, COURTSHIP, Drawing, Fan, FASHION, Lounge room, Man, Older woman, PLANT, PRIVATE, Unappealing, Unfashionable, Woman

You can't get round me

You can't get round me.

Tags: AGE, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, British, COURTSHIP, Fan, FASHION, Lounge room, Man, Older woman, PLANT, PRIVATE, Unappealing, Unfashionable, Woman

Young Man Wishes to Make the Acquaintance

YOUNG MAN WISHES TO MAKE THE
ACQUAINTANCE OF YOUNG WOMAN,
MOEY AND LOOKS NO OBJECT
(With a view to Matrimony).

Tags: ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, bucket, COURTSHIP, FASHION, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Man, MARRIAGE, Mop, PRIVATE, Shoes, Washing

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

"Is your baby fond of you?"

"IS YOUR BABY FOND OF YOU?"
"FOND? FATHER! WHY HE GOES TO
SLEEP ALL DAY ON PURPOSE TO
KEEP ME COMPANY ALL NIGHT!"

HOME
SWEET
HOME

MAY YOUR
TROUBLES
ALL BE
LITTLE ONES

Tags: Absent mother, Absent wife, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Appealing, APPEARANCE, British, Childcare, Drawing, Family, FASHION, Fashionable, Father, Grandfather, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Infant, Man, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE

Matrimonial Bliss

MATRIMONIAL BLISS

Tags: ACTIVITIES, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Appealing, APPEARANCE, British, Childcare, Drawing, Family, FASHION, Fashionable, Fatherhood, Gender Roles, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Infant, Man, Motherhood, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, Sewing, Wife, Woman

Lancashire and Cheshire Women's Textile and Other Workers Representation Committee

Women's Textile And Other Workers Representation Committee.jpeg

[Image: Group portrait of women with banner on railings, Lancashire & Cheshire WomensTextile And Other Workers Representation Committee, 1908. Illustrates organisation and involvement of working women. This is a rare photograph, possibly of Sarah…

Tags: AGE, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Britain, Cheshire, FASHION, Hat, Lancashire, Man, Older woman, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Woman