The Suffragette – Proudly Goes to – Glory

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Title

The Suffragette – Proudly Goes to – Glory

Description

THE SUFFRAGETTE
Proudly Goes to – Glory

VOTES FOR WOMEN

[Image: Postcard is part of a six-card series entitled "The Suffragette. This card shows an ugly buck-toothed suffragists sticking her head through the bars of the carriage taking her to jail. She is holding a "Votes for women" flag upside-down.

On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Ellie O'Brien Bawnfare Church Skibb, and postmarked 1912. The handwritten message reads: "Dear Ellie, / How are ye all since, I hope well. I want you to send me in the scarf I forgot, I am nearly dead for the past week with [illegible], my face is all swollen. What you brought in Sat. were cotton wet, even worse than our own. Your Sister Annie Don't forget to send me A Baryo address how is K. Shenahan at house"]

Source

Ann Lewis Women's Suffrage Collection (Postcards and Stamps), https://lewissuffragecollection.omeka.net/

Publisher

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Co. Ltd.

Date

ca. 1909-1910

Files

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Citation

“The Suffragette – Proudly Goes to – Glory,” The Suffrage Postcard Project, accessed April 24, 2024, https://thesuffragepostcardproject.omeka.net/items/show/1067.