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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…

And loud that clarion voice replied.

VOTES FOR WOMEN

Tags: "Votes for Women" banner, "Votes for Women" sash, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, FASHION, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Masculinized woman, PUBLIC, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Umbrella

ARE YOU . . . . . MR. HENPECKO?

ARE YOU . . . . .
MR. HENPECKO?

VOTES FOR HENS

Tags: "Votes for Women" sash, ACTIVITIES, AGE, American, Angry, Angry man, ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Chick, Chicken, Cockerel, Cradle, EMOTIONS, Fatherhood, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, Infant, Motherhood, NON-HUMAN, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, Smoking, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, VIOLENCE, Wife

AT LAST!

Woman's Franchise

Reproduced by kind permission of the Proprietors of "PUNCH," from the cartoon of January 23, 1918 and published by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, 62, Oxford Street, W.1.

Tags: "Votes for Women" flag, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, British, Everywoman, National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, NUWSS, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, SEX, SOCIAL IDENTITY, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, SYMBOLISM, Victory, Woman

Born One Suffragette

[Image: A stork is sticking his head through a window on the right-hand side of the card. In his beak is a adultized child with a brass bell in her right hand and a Votes for Women placard in her left hand. She is wearing a yellow hat with big red…

Tags: "Votes for Women" placard, AGE, ANIMAL, Birthday, Birthright, Flowers, Infant, NON-HUMAN, PLANT, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Stork, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, SYMBOLISM

Buying Votes

Buying Votes.

[Image: This card, is part of a twelve-card series, featuring children, illustrated by Indiana artist Cobb Shinn. The illustration features a girl kissing a boy who is wearing a sailor suit. She is holding a "Votes for Wimmen" flag,…

Connecticut: Votes for Women

[Image: A suffragette, Mrs. M. Toscan Bennett, and her two daughters stand in front of a Votes for Women banner in Connecticut.]; 9x14cm; print.

Tags: "Votes for Women" banner, Absent father, AGE, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, Children, Connecticut, Daughters, Fatherhood, Girl, Motherhood, PARENTHOOD, Photograph, PRO-SUFFRAGE, Rally, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Suffragette, Younger woman

Did I save my country for this!

[Image: Three suffragette women are at the left of the card approaching President George Washington intently. One is holding a sign that reads, "Women for Votes," the furthers to the left appears to be holding an oversized, white, pipe. The woman…