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  • Tags: Satire

BUTN.1915.21.jpg
Pinback with illustration of two women showing off their legs, with the words "Women's Rights." White backpaper contains the name of the manufacturer and distributor.

These satirical buttons were issued by the American Tobacco Company and placed…

MEMR.1890.10A.jpg
White porcelain hand bell portraying a positive side and a negative side to the suffragist. The person who purchased this item would have the option to display either the positive or the negative side.

On this bell, printed on the "negative" side…

MEMR.1890.11A.jpg
White porcelain hand bell portraying a positive side and a negative side to the suffragist. The person who purchased this item would have the option to display either the positive or the negative side.

On this bell, printed on the "negative" side…

MEMR.1890.07A.jpg
White porcelain hand bell portraying a positive side and a negative side to the suffragist. The person who purchased this item would have the option to display either the positive or the negative side.

On this bell, printed on the "negative" side…

MEMR.1890.12A.jpg
White porcelain hand bell portraying a positive side and a negative side to the suffragist. The person who purchased this item would have the option to display either the positive or the negative side.

On this bell, printed on the "negative" side…

MEMR.1890.09A.jpg
White porcelain hand bell portraying a positive side and a negative side to the suffragist. The person who purchased this item would have the option to display either the positive or the negative side.

On this bell, printed on the "negative" side…

MEMR.1890.08A.jpg
White porcelain hand bell portraying a positive side and a negative side to the suffragist. The person who purchased this item would have the option to display either the positive or the negative side.

On this bell, printed on the "negative" side…

POST-1907-11 A great sale of Wo-men.jpg
A satirical postcard advertising a sale on women by "Messrs. Husband & Sons, Un-Ltd." The card lists the various "lots" including "fine, fat and plump suffragettes", naggers, vegetarian girls, widows, old maids, and cooking girls.

POST-1909-58 Great Suffrage Demonstration.jpg
Green and white satirical postcard depicting suffrage leader, Christabel Pankhurst as "Miss Hissy," a goose addressing her followers of the "Goose's Social and Political Union."

"Miss Hissy" asks: "Is a question of gander - I mean gender - to…

POST-1905-02 Wedded to the cause.JPG
Illustration of a boy proposing to a girl, wearing a "Votes for Women" ribbon and pointing to the banner she is holding with the slogan, "Give us the vote."
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