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POST-1908-04 Getting into Deep Water.jpg
Part of a series of postcards, labeled No. 2020. This card features a cartoon illustration of a scantily dressed woman standing in the ocean with her eyes closed and her finger up to her mouth. Beside her, a man is seated in the water holding his arm…

POST-1914-05 Im a Suffragette Valentine.jpg
Valentine's Day card with illustration of a young girl, wearing a hat and dress, holding a ballot.

This card is addressed to Mrs. M.F. Rogers in Wellington, Ohio, and postmarked February 9, 1914. The handwritten message reads: "Dear Grandma- There…

POST-1909-25 At last Wifey.jpg
Cartoon illustration of a short man standing in a barrel in shock as a woman walks by. She is wearing pants and a large hat, carrying a golf club, and smoking.

POST-1908-03 Swell on the Beach.jpg
Part of a series of postcards, labeled No. 2026. This card features a cartoon illustration of two scantily dressed women seated on a beach as a large man, smoking a cigarette and holding a cane, walks by them.

On the verso, the card is addressed…

POST-1909-23 Those in Favour.jpg
At a meeting, a mannish looking suffragette in a "Votes for Women" sash, raises the arm of a man next to her.

On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Millie Paddock Pawlet, Utah R.F.D., and postmarked July 12, [?]. The message reads: "Dear…

POST-1912-10 Not much am.jpg
A colored photo postcard featuring two men standing on a street corner outside a shop talking, beside a mannish suffragette holding a "Votes for women" placard.

On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Emma [?] 911 16th St. Detroit, Michigan,…

PERI-1895-01 Life Cover Dec 1895.jpg
Cartoon published on the cover of Life Magazine.

Illustration shows a woman standing in front of a mirror tying her necktie. In the background, her husband stands at the open door looking on.

Caption: Nowadays. "My dear Susan, I wish you…

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Makes the argument that if women's place is in the home and they are held responsible for the conditions in which their families' live, they should have the right to vote in order to help control those conditions.

PERI-1913-07-3 Cartoons.jpg
Reproduction of a drawing by Bernard Partridge originally published in Punch Magazine, February 5, 1913.

A Pleasure Deferred. Suffragist shows a woman reaching out to H.H. Asquith, the Prime Minister, who is hiding behind a potted plant. The woman…

PERI-1912-11 Suffragette Trousers.jpg
Two articles:

The first is an article about a suffrage gathering at the Hotel Astor in New York City, where Carrie Chapman Catt mentioned Chinese women as leaders in clothing and dress.

The second is an article about English suffragettes who…
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