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Postcard : The Southwold Express. A slight engine trouble causes a delay-but is soon remedied. 1910
Part of a six-card series of Railway cards entitled, "The Sorrows of Southwold." This card features a suffragette hiding in the branches of a tree, lobbing a bomb at the engine.
In 1918, when universal suffrage was introduced, the suffragette and…
In 1918, when universal suffrage was introduced, the suffragette and…
Postcards : Woman Suffrage Series. Fellow women, our day dawns at last. [1907]
Commercial photo postcard published as part of a series entitled the "Dainty Series." The photo postcards feature studio portraits of the same young girl representing a militant suffragette in various scenarios.
This card features the child…
This card features the child…
Postcards : Woman Suffrage Series. What! You think a man could do it as well. [1907]
Commercial photo postcard published as part of a series entitled the "Dainty Series." The photo postcards feature studio portraits of the same young girl representing a militant suffragette in various scenarios.
This card features the child,…
This card features the child,…
Postcards : Woman Suffrage Series. Who said "Rats." [1907]
Commercial photo postcard published as part of a series entitled the "Dainty Series." The photo postcards feature studio portraits of the same young girl representing a militant suffragette in various scenarios.
This card features the child,…
This card features the child,…
Postcard : Militant suffragettes. [Circa 1913-1915]
This card features a full color illustration of a group of girls marching with signs that read: "No more school for us!" "Hubbies to be home by 8 p.m." and "More kandy more jam."
The card is marked Series 5024.
The card is marked Series 5024.
Cartoon : "Well, well, nobody tells me a things. And how long did you say we've had it?" [Circa 1920-1925]
Illustration of an older woman, holding a "Votes for Women" placard in one hand and an axe in the other hand, speaking to a police officer.
Clipping : Life. "Some (as yet) untried ways of winning the vote." November 1, 1917
Illustration by Ellison Hoover, appeared on page 707 of Life Magazine, entitled "Some (as yet) untried ways of winning the vote." Features five vignettes of women using militant tactics to persuade men, including violence, hitting a man in the face…
Clipping : "Suffragettes' Big Gathering Proves Fiasco / 50 women are arrested while attempting meeting in Parliament Square." [March 5, 1912]
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…
Clipping : "Suffragettes Get 4 Months Each in Jail / Mrs. Pankhurst, Mrs. Tukes and Mrs. Marshall Sentenced for Stone Throwing." [March 2, 1912]
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…
Clipping : "Suffragettes Fight Policemen All Night / Send Augustine Birrell to bed badly crippled and beaten, smash many windows." [November 23, 1910]
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…