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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 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.…

Taxation without Representation

Taxation without Representation.

THE RETORT COURTEOUS.
Woman Taxpayer. "I wish to speak to you, sir, about the spending of my money."
Chancellor of the Exchequer. "Madam, all you have to do is pay." (Aside to Police) "Chuck her out."

[Image:…

Tags: Appealing, APPEARANCE, Artists' Suffrage League, British, Drawing, FASHION, Fashionable, Man, Police, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PROFESSION, Representation, Taxation, Uniform, Woman

SUFFRAGISTS ON THE WAR PATH

SUFFRAGISTS ON THE WAR PATH

JUMP ON HIM,
HE IS ONLY A MERE MAN.

Tags: Angry, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, British, EMOTIONS, FASHION, Police, policeman, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Suffragette, Umbrella, Unappealing, Unfashionable, VIOLENCE

Suffragists Attacking a Policeman

SUFFRAGISTS
ATTACKING
A POLICEMAN.

[Image: Postcard is labeled No. 641, and contains a colorful cartoon illustration of one woman restraining a police officer while another woman hits him with an umbrella.

On the verso, the card is addressed…

Tags: Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, British, CLASS, EMOTIONS, FASHION, Hat, Man, Middle class, Police, PUBLIC, Surprise, Surprised Man, Umbrella, Unappealing, Unfashionable, Uniform, VIOLENCE, Woman

Suffragette Series No 5: Suffragette Coppette

Tags: ACTIVITIES, American, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Chain, Cross-dressing, Dog, Feminine man, Feminine woman, GENDER/SEXUALITY, NON-HUMAN, Police, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, SYMBOLISM, VIOLENCE, Voyeurism

SUFFRAGETTE PROCESSION, OCT. 7, 1911

Suffragette Procession June 17, 1911

IMPRISONMENT
TO WIN
FREEDOM
FOR
WOMEN

[Image: Photographic postcard, printed, paper, monochrome, suffragette process taken from above, Christabel Pankhurst in a white dress and academic robes walking ahead of a banner '690 IMPRISONMENTS TO WIN…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANIMAL, Appealing, APPEARANCE, British, CLASS, Crowd, FASHION, Fashionable, Freedom, Hat, Horse, March, Middle class, NON-HUMAN, Parade, Photograph, Police, PRISON, Prisoner, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Sign, Suffragette, Woman, Working class

Suffrage Cornell U. Spring Day banner

Suffrage Cornell U. Spring Day banner w 'WIM-ENZ VOTZ! ', dishwashing on either side, ' Dr. Anna P-Shaw ' in front, female cop & sign ' Cuss, Wimmen, Cuss! ' surround her, cross-dressers.

Tags: American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, banner, Cornell, cross-dressers, Cuss, dishwashing, Dr. Anna P-Shaw, Ithaca, New York, Photograph, Police, Wimmen

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