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"THE HOUSE" that man built: The sly Suffragette

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

Should Women "Mix" in Politix?

THE SUFFRAGETTE.

SHOULD WOMEN "MIX"
IN POLITIX? NIX!

[Image: This card, Number 4008, is part of a sixteen-card series, featuring attractive women attempting to act as men. In this illustration, two women in gowns are fighting. Color on cream…

Tags: ACTIVITIES, American, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, Domineering woman, EMOTIONS, FASHION, female politician, Fight, Hat, Hatpin, Politician, Politics, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Shoes, Umbrella, Unappealing, Unfashionable, VIOLENCE, Woman

HI MISS! YER TROWSIS IS A-COMING DOWN.

Tags: ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Appealing, APPEARANCE, Assertive, Bloomers, CLASS, Cross-dressing, FASHION, Fashionable, Feminine woman, gender, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Hat, Inferiority, new woman, PUBLIC, Umbrella, Unfashionable, walking, Woman, Working class

DON'T marry a suffragette

"What are the Wild Wives Saying?"

"WHAT ARE THE WILD WIVES
SAYING?"

WOMEN
SUFFRAGE
METING
IN
TOWN HALL
TO NIGHT
AT 7PM

Tags: "Votes for Women" banner, ACTIVITIES, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bewildered man, British, CLASS, EMOTIONS, FASHION, Man, Middle class, PUBLIC, Suffrage, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Umbrella, VIOLENCE, Woman

Who said Divorce!

Tags: Abusive woman, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bewildered man, British, Chair, Couple, EMOTIONS, FASHION, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, Lounge room, MARRIAGE, Physical violence, PRIVATE, Umbrella, VIOLENCE, Wife

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…

Tags: Absent mother, Absent wife, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bewildered man, Child, Childcare, COURTSHIP, Fashionable, Fatherhood, HOUSEHOLD, Husband, MARRIAGE, Motherhood, PARENTHOOD, PRIVATE, PUBLIC, Romance, SUFFRAGE ADVERTISING, Umbrella, Wife

Is This Right?

IS THIS RIGHT?

FRANCHISE

THE OPEN MARKET

Woman. Why can't I have an umbrella too?
Voter. You can't. You ought to stop at home.
Woman. Stop at home indeed! I have my Living to earn.

Tags: Basket, British, Capitalism, CLASS, FASHION, Inequality, Labor, Man, Market, Middle class, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, SYMBOLISM, Umbrella, Woman, Working class, Working 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…

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