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Postcard : Holding his own. Ma's at the movies. [Circa 1910-1915]
Part of a series of postcards, this card is labeled Series 512. The color illustration shows a man seated on a stool, smoking a pipe with a baby on his knee and two children playing on the floor. There is a book on the floor entitled "How to take…
Postcard : Election Day. [1909]
Part of a twelve-card series of full-color lithographic postcards opposing woman suffrage.
This card, labeled Suffragette Series No. 7, features a well-dressed woman wearing a "District Captainess" ribbon, leaving her husband to care for their…
This card, labeled Suffragette Series No. 7, features a well-dressed woman wearing a "District Captainess" ribbon, leaving her husband to care for their…
Postcard : At last wifey wears the pants. [Circa 1909-1915]
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.
Postcard : Ain't it lovely to be married? [Circa 1913-1917]
Part of a series of postcards, this card is labeled Series No. 534. The color illustration on the front shows a man scrubbing a floor while his wife stands there holding a rolling pin, her hands on her hips.
On the verso, the card is addressed to…
On the verso, the card is addressed to…
Postcard : Ah' go lay an Egg. 1910
Part of a series of postcards, this card is labeled Serie No. 67. The illustration shows a family dressed as hens and roosters. The mom is wearing a "Suffragette Votes for Women" sash and a large hat. She is staring at her husband as he yells at her,…
Postcard : "Once-I-get my liberty, no-more-wedding-bells-for-me!"
A woman leaves her home. Her husband, holding a bucket and scrub brush, is left to care for the home and the children. A "Votes for women" sign is hanging on the wall.
The quote on the postcard is from the song "I'm on my way to Reno", written by…
The quote on the postcard is from the song "I'm on my way to Reno", written by…
Pamphlet : Twenty Questions about the Federal Amendment proposed by the National Woman's Party. January 1922
Florence Kelley, head of the National Consumers' League, outlines the League's objections to the Equal Rights Amendment focusing on how protections offered by present laws would be diminished or nullified by the ERA.
Pamphlet : Dignity of Womanhood. Bulletin No. 11. [March 1912]
This anti-suffrage leaflet makes the argument that women should serve as the moral and spiritual inspiration to men by working to be the best possible mothers to their sons, thus making men well-informed and effective voters.
Leaflet : Women's place and work. [Circa 1896-1900]
Essay written by an unidentified author who argues against women's suffrage and discusses the importance of gender roles,
The author makes reference to England and Prime Minister William Gladstone.
The author makes reference to England and Prime Minister William Gladstone.
Leaflet : Woman has many advantages : what she would lose should her demand for equal rights be granted : to the editor of the New York times. March 28, 1896. [Circa 1896-1900]
Letter to the editor of the New York Times by author identified only as "A.P.P." The author argues that if women are granted equal rights, they may lose many of the rights they have already gained, including property, guardianship of children,…