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Young Man Wishes to Make the Acquaintance

YOUNG MAN WISHES TO MAKE THE
ACQUAINTANCE OF YOUNG WOMAN,
MOEY AND LOOKS NO OBJECT
(With a view to Matrimony).

Tags: ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, bucket, COURTSHIP, FASHION, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Man, MARRIAGE, Mop, PRIVATE, Shoes, Washing

Everybody Works But Father

EVERYBODY WORKS BUT FATHER.

Tags: Absent mother, Absent wife, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Boy, British, bucket, Childcare, Children, Father, Fatherhood, Girl, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Infant, Man, MARRIAGE, PRIVATE

And this is what the vote has done for us women!

And this is what
the vote has done for us women!

[Image: This card features a full color illustration of a young girl and boy. The boy is seated, with his legs crossed, smiling. The girl is carrying two buckets, walking toward him.

The card is…

Tags: Adultized child, AGE, AMBIGUOUS-SUFFRAGE, American, Bow, Boy, bucket, Children, CLASS, Girl, Hat, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Labor, Working child, Working class

The Southwold Express

THE SOUTHWOLD EXPRESS: A SLIGHT ENGINE TROUBLE CAUSES A DELAY – BUT IT IS SOON REMEDIED

VOTES FOR WOMEN

BACK IN
5 MINUTES

PASSENGERS
ARE ASKED TO
SIT PERFECTLY
STILL SO AS
NOT TO SPOIL
THE SPRINGS
IN THE SEATS

[Image: Part of a…

Tags: ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Bird, Bomb, British, bucket, Duck, Man, NON-HUMAN, PLANT, PUBLIC, Railway, Suffragette, Train, Tree, VIOLENCE, Woman

Is your wife a suffragette

[Image: Anti-suffrage comic card depicts a man sitting in a yard doing the laundry, printed inscription front: ' Is your wife a Suffragette.', printed inscription reverse: 'Eustace Watkins'.]

Tags: Absent wife, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, Apron, British, bucket, CLASS, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Man, MARRIAGE, Middle class, Sheets, Washing

WHERE WOMEN VOTE – THERE IS NO REST

WHERE WOMEN VOTE –
THERE IS NO REST

Tags: ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, Broom, bucket, Clock, Coercion, Force, HOUSEHOLD, Housework, Husband, Man, MARRIAGE, VIOLENCE, Wife, Woman

Great Suffrage Demonstration

GREAET SUFFRAGE DEMONSTRATION
HISS HISSY ADDRESSES A MEETING OF THE GOOSE'S
SOCIAL and POLITICAL UNION

"IS A QUESTION OF
GANDER – I MEAN GENDER
– TO STAND BETWEEN
US AND THE VOTE?"

[Image: Goose addressing a meeting of geese. Text above…

Tags: ANIMAL, ANTI-SUFFRAGE, British, bucket, Crowd, Drawing, Gaggle, Gander, Goose, NON-HUMAN, PRISON, Prisoner, PUBLIC, Satire, Stump speech, Suffrage, Women's Social and Political Union, WSPU