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[Image: A seated woman dressed in the robes of the Speaker of the House of Commons while a another woman stands beside her carrying a ceremonial mace. The postcard is a satirical representation of what women serving in parliament would look like. The…

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[Image: A block of text listing many of the rights sought by the Suffrage Movement. The first word, "I," is an ornately decorated dropcap. The postcard reads: "I do not have all the rights I want. I want the right to close the mines and mills against…

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SHE IS DISTRIBUTING THE
U.S. MAIL AND INCIDENTALLY
ENRAPTURING
THE MALE

[Image: Part of a twenty-three card series, this card is labeled Suffragette Series No. 9. This charcoal gray illustration features a woman as a mail carrier.

On the…

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[Image: The postcard is divided into six squares, each with an illustration of a woman in it. In the top left square is a woman scrubbing a floor. Text above reads, “It doesnt ‘unsex’ her —“ and text below reads, “to do this.” In the top right square…

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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…

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THE CLOSED DOORS

The Mistress: "I cannot pay the tax to keep you when you are ill."

The Doctor: "You are not fit to work, but you are not ill enough to be admitted here."

The Servants: "We have no homes, what are we to do with only 7/6 a…

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