Browse Items · The Suffrage Postcard Project

"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

DON'T marry a suffragette

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

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

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

"THE HOUSE" that man built: The sly Suffragette

"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…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Big Ben, British, Dress, EMOTIONS, FASHION, GENDER/SEXUALITY, HOUSEHOLD, Lesbian iconography, London, Man, Masculinized woman, Physical violence, PLACE, Police, PROFESSION, PUBLIC, Queer, Umbrella, Uniform, VIOLENCE, Woman

"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…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Big Ben, Bow, British, EMOTIONS, FASHION, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Lesbian iconography, London, Masculinized woman, Militant, PLACE, PUBLIC, Queer, SYMBOLISM, Umbrella