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De Suffre-Jet

DE SUFFRE-JET

MISTER
JONSING
WASHING DUN

[Image: A black man with caricatured features washes clothes in a tub. A black woman with caricatured features stands in front of him putting on gloves.]

THE SUFFRAGETTE.

FOR "SPEAKER"
OF THE HOUSE.

HULLO! -ic-
M'LOVE,
GIM'ME
M'RIGHTS

[Image: Printed in color on cream cardstock. A fashionably dressed woman with a Gibson Girl hairstyle is holding a broom and appears to be haranguing her…

Tags: Abusive wife, ACTIVITIES, Alcohol, American, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, APPEARANCE, Bewildered man, Broom, Cane, Cigar, Clock, EMOTIONS, FASHION, female politician, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Man, MARRIAGE, Politician, PRIVATE, Rights, Shoes, Smoking, SYMBOLISM, Unappealing, VIOLENCE, Wife, Woman

His Latest Purchase

How the Law 'Protects the Wife'

WIFE: "Sir, can you help me, my husband earns 30/- a week and only gives me 5/- for food for myself and children." LAW: "I cannot help you my good woman, you husband need only keep you alive, that is one of the laws of England."

Tags: Absent father, American, British, Childcare, Fatigued Woman, Finance, FOOD, Grandmother, Housework, Husband, Inferiority, Injustice, Judge, Law, Man, Older woman, Politics, Prejudice, Resigned, Rights, True Woman, Wife

I AM NEUTRAL – maid and mistress

[Image: Part of a series of postcards, labeled No. 2178, 10 designs, "Neutral" Comic.

Cartoon illustration of a man hiding in a closet while two women argue in the kitchen. One woman says "I'm me own boss, see!" and the other says "You must do as…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, Angry, Angry woman, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, CLASS, Cooking, EMOTIONS, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Kitchen, Man, MARRIAGE, Middle class, PRIVATE, Wife, Woman, Working class, Working woman

I can heartily recommend my wife

THE SUFFRAGETTE.

I can heartily recommend
my wife for the office of
SECRETARYESS of WAR She's a born scrapper
Yours, Ben A. Bused.

GOD BLESS
OUR HOME

I'M NEUTRAL – family

[Image: Part of a series of postcards, labeled No. 2178, 10 designs, "Neutral" Comic.

Cartoon illustration of a man running away from two women who are arguing. The women, one labeled "Friend Wife" and the other "My Mother-In-Law" both say "Am I…

Tags: AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, CLASS, EMOTIONS, Family, Fear, Husband, Man, Middle class, PRIVATE, Wife, Woman

I've several little things to attend to

I'VE SEVERAL LITTLE THINGS TO ATTEND TO.

Tags: Absent wife, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bewildered man, Boy, British, bucket, Childcare, Children, EMOTIONS, Fatherhood, Feminized man, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Girl, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Infant, Lounge room, MARRIAGE, PRIVATE, Wife

Insurance Monday

INSURANCE MONDAY

Chorus of Housewives: "We never employ extra help on MONDAY"

TAX COLLECTOR

[Image: stylised image of a group of domestic employees outside two houses where the housewives are denying they employ 'extra help' to a 'TAX…

Tags: British, CLASS, Domestic servant, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Man, Middle class, PRIVATE, PRO-SUFFRAGE, PUBLIC, Suffrage Atelier, Taxation, Wife, Woman, Working class, Working man, Working woman

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