An anti-suffrage postcard with a rhyming poem that ridicules the Suffragettes. It is one from a series that were published based on the children’s rhyme ‘This is the house that […]
Collection: Women's Suffrage
Postcard: “This is ‘THE HOUSE’ that man built…” (Pro-Suffrage)
A pro-suffrage postcard that puts a spin on a series of anti-suffrage postcards that are based on the rhyme ‘This is the house that Jack built’.
Postcard: “Then they will be satisfied”
Postcard: A smiling lady in a red trouser-suit and high heeled shoes rides a bicycle. In the background a bald, white-bearded gentleman in an old-fashioned farmworker’s smock is so surprised that his hat has popped off and he’s dropping his pitchfork.
Postcard: “Dear ‘Ruby’…”
Postcard with an illustration of an old woman with a bolt shot across her lips. Caption: “Dear [Ruby], I wish I could tell you”.
Postcard: “Mummy’s a Suffragette”
Anti-suffragette postcard with a crying baby in ruff collar, with the caption: “Mummy’s a Suffragette.”
Postcard: “We want our vote!”
Anti-suffragette postcard of two infants in lace bonnets heartily bawling, with the caption “We want our vote!”
Postcard: “There’s no end to a Woman’s Tongue”
Postcard showing a woman’s tongue going through a mangle and a dog pulling on the end of it. The caption reads ‘There’s no end to a Woman’s Tongue’