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The Polling Station

[Image: In the forefront a Mother tends to her child, flanked by a group of professional and graduate women including a nurse and mayor depicted as valued members of society but denied the vote and, therefore, excluded from the Polling Station.…

The Suffragette - I Will See the Government

[Image: A young girl in a green dress stands pouting as she is handcuffed to a fence. On the other side of the fence a police man stands guard with his back turned toward the girl. The text along the bottom reads, "The suffragette. I will see the…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Arrest, Bow, British, Child, Coercion, CRIMINAL, Defeated, Disenfranchisement, Drawing, Dress, Duty, EMOTIONS, FASHION, Fence, Freedom, Girl, Hat, Impatient woman, Inequality, Law, Liberty, London, Mocking, Opportunity, Police, policeman, Power, Prisoner, PUBLIC, Resigned, Rights, sad woman, Shoes, Standing, Uniform, Working man

The Suffragette - Somebody Please Move this Horrid Man

[Image: A young girl in a pink dress throws a tantrum as she is blocked from entering into a building by a policeman who is holding up his hand as a gesture to tell her she is not allowed entry. The text along the bottom reads, "The Suffragette.…

Tags: Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Assertive, Bewildered woman, Bow, British, Child, Civil disobedience, CLASS, Dress, Duty, FASHION, Fence, Girl, Inequality, Inferiority, Law, Liberty, London, Militant, Mocking, Police, policeman, Power, PUBLIC, Resistance, Rights, Shoes, Standing, Superiority, Uniform, Working class

THE SUFFRAGETTE – In the Grip of the Law

[Image: Postcard, printed, cardboard, polychrome image, white border, blue text, image of a female child held by a policeman on each side in a street, other men and a third policeman in the background, printed inscription front. Manuscript…

Tags: Adultized child, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Arrest, Bow, British, Child, CLASS, Drawing, FASHION, Fashionable, Girl, Hat, Man, Middle class, Police, policeman, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Suffragette, Uniform

The Suffragette – Proudly Goes to – Glory

THE SUFFRAGETTE
Proudly Goes to – Glory

VOTES FOR WOMEN

[Image: Postcard is part of a six-card series entitled "The Suffragette. This card shows an ugly buck-toothed suffragists sticking her head through the bars of the carriage taking her to…

Tags: "Votes for Women" flag, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, Arrest, British, CLASS, Drawing, FASHION, Hat, Man, Middle class, Police, PRISON, Prisoner, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Teeth, Unappealing, Unfashionable, Woman

The Suffragette Copess

THE SUFFRAGETTE
COPESS.

HOW'D
YER LIKE
TER BE
PINCHED?

[Image: Postcard printed vertically with SUFFRAGETTE COPESS printed at the top in red. The main character is a woman standing on the sidewalk. She is in a police uniform with frills…

Tags: American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, Bloomers, Cross-dressing, Domineering woman, EMOTIONS, FASHION, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Hat, Hatpin, Man, Ogling, Police, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Rolling Pin, Sexual harassment, Shoes, Unappealing, Unfashionable, Uniform, VIOLENCE, Winking, Woman

The Suffragette.– "Down with Man Made Laws!"

[Image: A young girl in a pink dress and oversized hat speaking from atop a barrel, next to a "Votes for Women" sign in Trafalgar Square, London, England. She appears to be handing out information about the women's suffrage movement while an officer…

Tags: "Votes for Women" placard, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bow, British, Canvasser, Canvassing, Child, Civil disobedience, Determined, Dress, Duty, Girl, Happy, Hat, Law, Lion, London, Mocking, NON-HUMAN, Pamphlet, Police, PUBLIC, Public speaking, Shoes, Soapbox, Standing, Statue, Suffragette, Uniform, walking, Working man

The WILD ROSE

The WILD ROSE, which Requires Careful Handling.

Tags: Abusive woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, British, CLASS, Drawing, FASHION, Fight, Flowers, Hat, Man, Middle class, NON-HUMAN, PLANT, Police, Prisoner, PROFESSION, Umbrella, Unappealing, Unfashionable, VIOLENCE, Woman

Think It Over: 12

[Image: Horizontal white postcard with a waving purple banner that frames all but the top right corner of the card. In the top left of the card is a circular seal bordered thinly in white on the inside and black on the perimeter. Inside the seal is…

Tags: American, Coercion, EMOTIONS, Equality, Escutcheon, Everywoman, gender, MOTTO, National American Woman Suffrage Association, NAWSA, Police, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PROFESSION, Purple & Gold Suffrage Color Scheme, SOCIAL IDENTITY, Suffrage advertisement, Women's rights decoration

To my Valentine

To my
Valentine.

When I asked you to be mine
Give me time is all you'd say,
Now that you're a Suffragette
Time you'll get, in Holloway.

VOTES FOR WOMEN

[Image: Postcard shows a police officer holding an angry suffragist who is carrying a…

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