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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 WANT A VOTE

"A perfect woman, nobly planned
To warn, to comfort and command."

I WANT A VOTE

GIVE ME A VOTE AND SEE WHAT I'LL DO

[Image: Postcard depicts an ugly buck-toothed suffragette waving a flag, "I want a vote," above her head in front of the…

Tags: ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, British, British suffragette, CLASS, Drawing, FASHION, Fashionable, Middle class, NATIONALITY, PUBLIC, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Suffragette, Unappealing, Unfashionable, Voting, Woman

I'M NEUTRAL – family

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

Cartoon illustration of a man running away from two women who are arguing. The women, one labeled "Friend Wife" and the other "My Mother-In-Law" both say "Am I…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, CLASS, EMOTIONS, Family, Fear, Husband, Man, Middle class, PRIVATE, Wife, Woman

Insurance Monday

INSURANCE MONDAY

Chorus of Housewives: "We never employ extra help on MONDAY"

TAX COLLECTOR

[Image: stylised image of a group of domestic employees outside two houses where the housewives are denying they employ 'extra help' to a 'TAX…

Tags: British, CLASS, Domestic servant, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Man, Middle class, PRIVATE, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Suffrage Atelier, Taxation, Wife, Woman, Working class, Working man, Working woman

Is This Right?

IS THIS RIGHT?

FRANCHISE

THE OPEN MARKET

Woman. Why can't I have an umbrella too?
Voter. You can't. You ought to stop at home.
Woman. Stop at home indeed! I have my Living to earn.

Tags: Basket, British, Capitalism, CLASS, FASHION, Inequality, Labor, Man, Market, Middle class, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, SYMBOLISM, Umbrella, Woman, Working class, Working woman

Is your wife a suffragette

[Image: Anti-suffrage comic card depicts a man sitting in a yard doing the laundry, printed inscription front: ' Is your wife a Suffragette.', printed inscription reverse: 'Eustace Watkins'.]

Tags: Absent wife, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Apron, British, bucket, CLASS, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Man, MARRIAGE, Middle class, Sheets, Washing

IT'S NOT A VOTE YOU WANT – IT'S A BLOKE!

IT'S NOT A VOTE YOU WANT
– IT'S A BLOKE!

[Image: Illustration of a newspaper boy walking by and heckling a suffragist who is campaigning on the street in the rain.

On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Hall 25 Bedford Sq. London W.C.,…