Photograph postcard of a suffragette represented as a vicious looking cat shrieking "I want my Vote." The background colors are purple, white, and green, which were representative of the Women's Social and Political Union.
Part of the "Orthochrome" Series of cards by photographers Andrew and George Taylor, this card features a picture of a cat wearing a hat and a shawl in the purple, white, and green colors of the Women's Social and Political Union. The cat has its paw…
Green and white satirical postcard depicting suffrage leader, Christabel Pankhurst as "Miss Hissy," a goose addressing her followers of the "Goose's Social and Political Union."
"Miss Hissy" asks: "Is a question of gander - I mean gender - to…
Part of a series of six anti-suffrage postcards, labeled Series No. E. 19, based on the children's rhyme, "This is the house that Jack built." All of the cards, with the exception of this one, refer to the British Houses of Parliament. This card…
Brief article about Canadian Prime Minister, Robert Borden's statement to suffragists that he had no power to introduce a measure granting women the right to vote in Canada.
In 1912, Prime Minister Borden met with a delegation of five members of…
News article about an argument between British suffragettes and Sir Edward Grey, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, as Grey was leaving church.
The newspaper is not identified. The year is written on the clipping
News article about a suffrage demonstration held in London only a few days after 142 women were arrested for smashing shop windows in London's West End. The article discusses the demonstration and the arrest of 50 women, and also the separate raids…
News article details the sentencing of Emmeline Pankhurst, Mabel Tuke, and Kitty Marshall for smashing two of the windows of the Prime Minister's residence. While Scotland Yard was preparing for a suffrage demonstration scheduled for the following…
Account of rioting by suffragists in England, where women stormed the home of Prime Minister Asquith, smashed windows in the homes of members of Parliament, and attacked the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Augustine Birrell. 156 women were reportedly…
Account of attack on the Prime Minister H.H. Asquith by suffragists following a session in the House of Commons where he made a campaign promise to postpone discussion of a suffrage bill until the next parliament. Rioting and violence continued…