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POST-1909-14 The Suffragette Series Senatoress.jpg
This card, Number 4003, is part of a sixteen-card series, featuring attractive women attempting to act as men. In this illustration, the woman candidate for Senate appears in an evening gown. She is pointing to a letter that outlines her campaign…

POST-1909-15 The Suffragette Series Leter Carrier.jpg
This card, Number 4002, is part of a sixteen-card series, featuring attractive women attempting to act as men. In this illustration, the woman is delivering the mail in a skirt and heels, holding a dog on a leash, as she delivers the mail. The…

POST-1909-16 The Suffragette Series Mix.jpg
This card, Number 4008, is part of a sixteen-card series, featuring attractive women attempting to act as men. In this illustration, two women in gowns are fighting.

POST-1909-17 The Suffragette Series Bar.jpg
This card, Number 4014, is part of a sixteen-card series, featuring attractive women attempting to act as men. In this illustration, a group of women are seated in a bar with a woman bartender. Two men are in the background, looking at a sign that…

POST-1909-18 The Suffragette Series Studentess.jpg
This card, Number 4007, is part of a sixteen-card series, featuring attractive women attempting to act as men. In this illustration, a woman has her feet up on a table, leaning back in a chair and smoking a pipe. She is blowing smoke rings in the…

POST-1911-01 Suffragettes Series No 9 Mail-Male.jpg
Part of a twenty-three card series, this card is labeled Suffragette Series No. 9. This charcoal gray illustration features a woman as a mail carrier.

On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss A. M. Brown "Lyndale" Lostock Hall Preston…

PERI-1912.04 Puck Don't cross line.jpg
Cartoon and satirical article published in Puck magazine, a weekly humor magazine first published in 1871 until 1918. This page was removed from the original issue.

The illustration shows a woman standing in the middle of a box with a dotted line,…

PERI-1910-13 Are Women Inferior.jpg
Editorial refuting the pro-suffrage idea that women are inferior to men and should be granted the right to vote to gain equality with men. The author argues that most women do not consider themselves inferior, but rather acknowledged and respected as…

PERI-1913-11 Charlotte Tribune Suffrage Notes.jpg
Column, entitled "Suffrage Notes." The author describes a talk given by Herbert Miller, Professor of Sociology at Olivet College, in support of votes for women.

DOCU-1920-02 Modern Woman.jpg
Caricature of a woman wearing a "Women's Rights" sash, holding a ballot. On one side are her children and on the other, the ballot box. Along the top are a series of voting booths, showing only the lower portion with people's legs and feet.

The…
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