Postcard : I Want to Vote, But My Wife Won't Let Me. [1909]
Anti-suffrage
Father and child
Gender role
Househusbands
Husband and wife
Infants
Marriage
Nursing
Social role
Women--Political activity
Part of a twelve-card series of full-color lithographic postcards opposing woman suffrage.
This card, labeled Suffragette Series No. 11, features an illustration of man doing laundry. Next to him on the floor are a child and a cat. A sign in the corner reads: "Everybody works but mother: she's a suffragette."
[New York] : [Dunston-Weiler Lithograph Company]
[1909]
Postcard : I Don't Care If She Never Comes Back. [1909]
Anti-suffrage
Father and child
Gender role
Househusbands
Husband and wife
Infants
Marriage
Social role
Part of a twelve-card series of full-color lithographic postcards opposing woman suffrage.
This card, labeled Suffragette Series No. 8, features an illustration of a smiling father holding his three children. Above him is a sign that reads: "What is a home without a father."
[New York] : [Dunston-Weiler Lithograph Company]
[1909]
Postcard : Holding his own. Ma's at the movies. [Circa 1910-1915]
Anti-suffrage
Father and child
Gender role
Husband and wife
Infants
Marriage
Social role
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 care of children."
J.M.P.
[Circa 1910-1915]
Postcard : Election Day. [1909]
Anti-suffrage
Elections
Father and child
Gender role
Househusbands
Husband and wife
Infants
Marriage
Nursing
Social role
Women election officials
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 two children. The sign above the husband reads: "What is a suffragette without a suffering household?"
[New York] : [Dunston-Weiler Lithograph Company]
[1909]
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 : 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 : "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
Life Magazine. Husbandettes. February 20, 1913
Cartoons (Commentary)--1890-1900
Men--Domestic life--1890-1900
Suffrage--United States--Caricature and cartoons
Social role
Role reversal
Series of pages from the same issue focused on the theme of "husbandettes." In this illustration, two men are seated together, each taking care of a baby, outside a room where a large group of women are meeting. One of the men is holding his child by a cloth leash while she is crawling on the floor.
Grant, Gordon, 1875-1962
New York : Mitchell & Miller
1913-02-20
6 p.