Postcard : "Once-I-get my liberty, no-more-wedding-bells-for-me!"
Anti-suffrage
Father and child
Gender role
Housekeeping
Husband and wife
Infants
Marriage
Social role
United States--Pennsylvania--Cowanesque
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 William Jerome and Jean Schwartz in 1910.
On the verso, the card is addressed to Mr. Lee Skinner in Cowanesque, Pennsylvania, and postmarked April 7, 1911. There is no message written on the card.
Hobson, C.
1910
Postcard : "Will those in favour of women's suffrage please hold up their hands?" [Circa 1909]
Clothing and dress
Voting
United States--Utah--Pawlet
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 Mully: I can not get "Musical America." They will send for it if you can tell what month you want. Your letter was all right but I shall be "waiting" for a much nicer one. I may call you up Wednesday or Thursday evening but probably will not it I don't get a nice "LL" from you before. With love, by the tones M.E.A."
Holfirth, England : Bamforth & Co. Ltd.
New York : Bamforth's Comics
[Circa 1909]
Postcard : "Would you vote for me for health officer?" [Circa 1909-1913]
Election
Medical care
Nurses
Political campaign
Red Cross
Part of a series of postcards, this card is labeled Suffragette Series No. 94.
The main illustration is a woman scantily dressed in a Red Cross nurse's uniform, holding up a wine glass, next to a very small childish looking man, who is saying "Help! I'm sick! I need a doctor like you. The woman says: "No one can look after a man so well as a woman and I guarantee to take care of you." In the corner is an illustration of a large baby crying in a cradle, and is labeled the "Suffragette Ticket" with the inscription, "The hand that rocks the cradle fools the world."
Postcard : Ah' go lay an Egg. 1910
Anti-suffrage
Father and child
Gender role
Husband and wife
Marriage
Social role
United States--Massachusetts--Haverhill
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, while her three children are crying at her feet. On the wall is a sign that reads: "Wives meet tonight Votes for women. Women your freedom is in question. Strike mere men. Signing up is commitment."
On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Ruth Gould 40 Sixth Ave. Haverhill Massachusetts U.S.A. There is no postmark, but the message is dated July, 1914. The message reads:
"Winnipeg Canada Dear Ruth-- Have been in Canada since last May from Sydney U.S. here. Am glad to leave for home U.S.A. Lovingly Jim
C.C. Co.
1910
Postcard : Ain't it lovely to be married? [Circa 1913-1917]
Anti-suffrage
Gender role
Housekeeping
Husband and wife
Marriage
Social role
United States--Ohio--Jewett
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 Jessie Orr Jewett, Ohio, and postmarked September 24, 1917. The message reads: "Dear Jessie, [Will write?] you a line to let you know that mother will come to Jewett on Saturday on No. ten. if you folks can meet her she would like to stay a few days with you if not please let us know. Lillian"
[Circa 1913-1917]
Postcard : Amendment float. Suffragette's parade. March 3, 1913 - Washington, D.C.
Demonstrations
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Nurses
Parades & processions
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Photographic postcard of the suffrage parade held in Washington, D.C. the day before President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration.
Reproduces a photograph of the "Great Demand" banner.
Harris & Ewing (Photographer)
Baltimore, MD : I & M Ottenheimer
1913
Postcard : By gum! Them suffragettes be gittin everything. [Circa 1909-1913]
Property
Color illustration of a man looking at a sign that says "For ladies only", a woman seated on a bench labeled "This bench for women", and in the distance, a "Women's Hotel."
On the verso, the card is addressed to Russell Sigler Esq. Rogers, Nebraska, and postmarked August 23, 1913. The message reads: "Question / what kind of time am I having. Answer / Good time / F.D. Jr."
[Circa 1909-1913]
Postcard : Contingent of trained nurses. March 3, 1913
Demonstrations
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Nurses
Parades & processions
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Photographic postcard of the suffrage parade held in Washington, D.C. the day before President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration.
Reproduces a photograph of a group of women, dressed in nurses uniforms. The front line of women are carrying a "Florence Nightingale" banner.
This is part of a set of 8 cards published by Leet Bros. Publishers.
Washington, D.C. : Leet Brothers
1913
Postcard : Crowd on Penna. Ave. at 15th St. looking towards the Capitol (Suffragette's parade). March 3, 1913 - Washington, D.C.
Demonstrations
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Parades & processions
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Photographic postcard of the suffrage parade held in Washington, D.C. the day before President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration.
Baltimore, MD : I & M Ottenheimer
1913
Postcard : De suffragette upon her box darns der men, but not der sox. 1913
Children
Children and politics
Dutch
United States--Pennsylvania--Markleysburg
Gray illustration of a Dutch girl standing on a soap box, holding a "Votes for Women" flag.
On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Estella C [Listes?] Markleysburg Fayette Co. Pennsylvania, and postmarked May 19, 1914. The message reads: "Dear Stella. Will start for Easton in the morning. My address will be 721 Coleman St. Easton Pa. Please write soon. M.L.
Rochester, N.Y. : Walker's Post Card Shop
1913