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"Just by way of a Change": 3

[Image: A fashionably dressed woman with an up-do decorated with a black hair bow is on her knees proposing to a man. He is dressed in a black suit and seated in a red, upholstered chair. His pose is feminized, with a hand at his mouth and the…

Tags: ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Appealing, APPEARANCE, British, Chair, Couple, COURTSHIP, FASHION, Fashionable, Feminized man, Flowers, Gender Roles, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Man, Masculinized woman, NON-HUMAN, PLANT, PRIVATE, Romance, Unappealing, Woman

"LET THE PEOPLE RULE"

WE'RE WHAT?
WE'RE THE PEOPLE
WE'RE THE ANIMALS

Tags: "Votes for Women" banner, ACTIVITIES, American, ANIMAL, Buffalo, Elephant, Giraffe, HISTORICAL FIGURES, HISTORY/GOVERNMENT, Lion, New York State Woman Suffrage Association, NON-HUMAN, Parade, Polar bear, President, PRO-SUFFRAGE, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President

"THE HOUSE" that man built: Statesmen

THE HOUSE that our Statesmen for years have controlled Ruling the world with mind fearless and bold;
Can Women expect
To rule such a HOUSE.
She that’s afraid of a poor little mouse:
NO! NO!! Suffragette your place in not yet,
Inside THE HOUSE…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Big Ben, British, CLASS, EMOTIONS, GENDER/SEXUALITY, HOUSEHOLD, London, Masculinized woman, Mouse, NON-HUMAN, PLACE, PUBLIC, STATESMEN/STATESWOMEN, Suffering woman, Woman, Working class

"THE OPPORTUNIST."

WOMEN'S FRANCHISE BILL
ANTIS

Tags: Activist, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANIMAL, British, CLASS, Donkey, Drawing, Education, Franchise, HISTORY/GOVERNMENT, Middle class, NON-HUMAN, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Satire, Suffrage Atelier, SYMBOLISM

"When Father says 'Vote' - we all vote!"

"When Father says 'Vote' - we all vote!"TO THEPOLLS[Image: Illustrator Donald McGill's postcards proved hugely popular with seaside holidaymakers.The two postcards of this kind in the collection comment on the passing of the Equal Franchise Act in…

1913 Women's Suffrage Parade

[Image: Several different scenes of the 1913 suffrage parade and pageant in Washington, DC were available on postcards, a popular souvenir. This card shows the crowd of spectators at the March 3, 1913 suffrage parade.

On the day before the 1913…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, ANIMAL, CLASS, Crowd, FASHION, Hat, Horse, Horseriding, Man, Middle class, National Woman's Party, NON-HUMAN, Parade, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Washington D.C., Woman, Working class

1913 Women's Suffrage Parade

[Image: Several different scenes of the 1913 suffrage parade and pageant were available on postcards, a popular souvenir. The parade’s floats and marching sections represented women’s organizations and the progress of women’s rights.

On the day…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, ANIMAL, CLASS, Crowd, Hat, Horse, Horseriding, Man, Middle class, NON-HUMAN, Parade, PLACE, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Washington D.C., Woman, Working class

A HAPPY NEW YEAR

VOTE
VOTE
VOTE
VOTE
VOTE
VOTE

EQUAL LIBERTY 1912

Tags: ANIMAL, Blindfold, British, Children, Christmas, Christmas tree, Clouds, Cupid, Goose, HOLIDAYS, Infant, Moon, New Year, NON-HUMAN, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Suffrage Memorabilia, Toy

Ah' go lay an Egg

Ah' go lay an Egg –

WIVES
MEET
TONIGHT
VOTES
FOR
WOMEN
WOMEN
YOUR FREEDOM
IS IN QUESTION
STRIKE
MERE MEN

[Image: A woman in a chicken costume is surrounded by three children in chicken costumes. Behind her on the wall is a poster…

Ambition

[Image: Sepia-toned postcard with an illustration of a little girl standing on a chair, addressing her dolls, seated on the floor. Above the dolls is the sign, "Suffragettes' Meeting," and above that is a sign with the seal for England.

On the…

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