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Don'ts for Young Husbands

Text on Front of Postcard Reads:

Don't come home late at night. It is bad form. Come home in the morning!

Don't flirt with out girls---while the wife is looking.

Don't object to Ma-in-Law coming to stay with you. Give her TINNED MEAT until…

Tags: American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Husband, Old Man, Rules, Young man

Woman’s Rights

[Image: Three young women and a young man are standing in shallow water. Two of the girls have the boy by the arms. All are smiling. Text below reads, “Woman’s Rights.”]

Tags: AGE, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Appealing, APPEARANCE, Bow, CLASS, COURTSHIP, FASHION, Fashionable, Gender Roles, GENDER/SEXUALITY, Hat, Man, Middle class, PUBLIC, Rights, Swimming, Woman, Women's rights, Young man, Young woman

Sir, Will Women Ever Have Votes?

[Image: A photograph of a woman and man standing together talking. The woman points out a newspaper article to the man who shakes his finger at her. The text beneath the photograph reads: "Sir, Will Women ever have Votes? - 'WAIT and SEE!'"]…

Tags: AGE, Aggressive man, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Boater Hat, British, CLASS, Commanding, Domineering man, Dress, FASHION, Fashionable, Flowers, Hat, Impatient woman, Man, Middle class, Newspaper, Patronizing man, Photograph, Pointing, PUBLIC, Standing, Voting, Woman, Young man, Younger woman