The years spanning the height of militant suffrage activism coincided with ‘The Golden Age of Postcards’ (1900-1918). New technologies in printing and photography, changes in regulatory restrictions and the standardisation of format, along with wide availability and low cost, fuelled demand. Multiple daily postal deliveries enabled messages to be sent and received on the same day in most British towns and cities. These circumstances conspired to set a context where postcards, including those with propagandist and sardonic images, had wide public appeal. These examples capture how real life events, including militant suffragette actions, were parodied, and demonstrate how women were often mocked by postcard publishers.
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