Postcard : In the dim and speculative future. [Circa 1910]
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928
Great Britain. Prime Minister (1908-1916 : Asquith)
Suffrage Atelier
Postcard designed by Gladys Letcher of the Suffrage Atelier, contains an illustration of Prime Minister Asquith delaying the vote for woman's suffrage.
The Suffrage Atelier was a publishing collective founded in 1909 to produce items for the suffrage movement. It had loose ties to the Women's Freedom League.
Letcher, Gladys (illustrator)
London : Suffrage Atelier
[Circa 1910]
Daily Express Cartoons. Book 1. 1908
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928
Caricatures and cartoons--Great Britain
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Periodical containing cartoons reprinted from the London Daily Express. On the final page of this issue is a cartoon by artist,
Sidney Strube entitled "Far from the madding crowd." The illustration shows the Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, and First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill on "a cruise in Italian waters in teh Admiralty yacht Enchantress." Shown on the land are a group of protesters holding up "Votes for Women" signs while the men say:
Mr. Asquith: "How jolly to be out of it all!
Mr. Churchill: "Rather! And it's not costing us a penny."
Strube, Sidney Conrad, 1892-1956
London : Daily Express Ltd.
1905-03-22
16 p.
English
DOCU.1908.04
London, England
Clipping : "Borden Replies to Suffragettes / Candian Premier declines to aid cause in dominion." [August 28, 1912]
Barrett, Rachel, 1875-1953
Borden, Robert Laird, Sir, 1854-1937
Suffragists--Great Britain--1910-1920
Women--Suffrage--Canada
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
Brief article about Canadian Prime Minister, Robert Borden's statement to suffragists that he had no power to introduce a measure granting women the right to vote in Canada.
In 1912, Prime Minister Borden met with a delegation of five members of the Women's Social and Political Union in the Savoy Hotel in London, England. Rachel Barrett, one of the delegates, warned him that British suffragettes might start a militant campaign in Canada. Borden's response was that the power rested with the nine provinces.
8/28/12
English
Canada
Leaflet : Women's place and work. [Circa 1896-1900]
Albany Anti-Suffrage Association
Anti-suffrage
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898
United States--New York--Albany
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women--Suffrage--New York
Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York (Albany, N.Y.)
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.
[Albany, N.Y.] : Women's Anti-suffrage Association of the Third Judicial District of the State of New York
[Circa 1896-1898}
3 p.
English
DOCU.1000.82
Postcard Series : This is the house that man built. [Circa 1909]
Great Britain.--Parliament--1900-1910
Government facilities--British--England--London
Nursery rhymes
Part of a series of six anti-suffrage postcards, labeled Series No. E. 19, based on the children's rhyme, "This is the house that Jack built." All but one of the cards refers to the British Houses of Parliament.
This card may be referring to referring to an attack by Emmeline Pankhurst on the windows of No 10 Downing Street on March 1, 1910.
London : B.B. London
[Circa 1910]
Postcard Series : This is the house that man built. [Circa 1909]
Great Britain.--Parliament--1900-1910
Government facilities--British--England--London
Nursery rhymes
Part of a series of six pro-suffrage postcards, labeled Series No. E. 23, based on the children's rhyme, "This is the house that Jack built." All of the cards refer to the British Houses of Parliament.
London : B.B. London
[Circa 1910]