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LIFE'S LITTLE TRAGEDIES. - IN THREE ACTS. -

[Image: A narrative in three panels. In the first, a fashionable woman is courted by a nervous, well-dressed man; the caption reads "Fairy." In the second, the same couple, now married, walks arm in arm as they begin their domestic life. The husband…

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Votes for Women.

Two old “wemiiin”!!! wish you a jolly good-bye-

Guess who they are? =

Votes for Women.<br />
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Two old “wemiiin”!!! wish you a jolly good-bye-<br />
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Guess who they are? =

Handmade postcard

Tags: "Votes for Women", AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, FASHION, Fashionable, Feminine woman, Handmade, Hat, Intentional misspelling, SLANG, Stamps, Umbrella

VOTES FOR WOMEN: 6

VOTES FOR WOMEN

I want to speak
for myself
at the polls.

Tags: "Votes for Women", Adultized child, AGE, American, FASHION, PRO-SUFFRAGE, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Umbrella

VOTES FOR WOMEN

WE DONT KNOW
WHAT WE WANT
BUT WE'LL
'AVE IT!!!

Tags: "Votes for Women" banner, AGE, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, CLASS, EMOTIONS, FASHION, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Lesbian iconography, Masculinized woman, Older woman, PUBLIC, Queer, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Umbrella, Working class

"THE HOUSE" that man built: Suffragette lady of note

THIS IS "THE HOUSE" THAT MAN BUILT,
AND this is the Suffragette lady of note
Who once used A BRICK for recording her vote,
Who one fine day went
With the fullest intent;
To show the Prime Minister business was meant,
But the bold Suffragette…

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"THE HOUSE" that man built: Tattered and torn

THIS IS "THE HOUSE" THAT MAN BUILT,
AND this is the policeman all tattered and torn
Who wished women voters had never been born,
Who nevertheless
Tho it caused him distress
Ran them all in,
In spite of their dress:
The poor Suffragette
Who…

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