Postcard : You believe in women's suffrage - don't you? [Circa 1910-1912]
Children
Children and politics
Satire
Part of a series of postcards, this card is labeled S199. The illustration is a girl wearing a "Votes for Women" sash, threatening a young boy with a rolling pin.
Cornwall, New York : Barton & Spooner Co.
[Circa 1909-1915]
Postcard : The Southwold Express. A slight engine trouble causes a delay-but is soon remedied. 1910
Railroad cars
Southwold (England)
Violence
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 the bomb were removed from the drawing leaving a gap in the foliage.
Carter, Reginald Arthur Lay, 1886-
Southwold : The Southwold Press
1910
Postcard : Bristol "Varsity Students Revenge." The wrecked suffragettes headquarters. [1913]
Demonstration
University of Bristol
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
Photographic postcard of the a large crowd gathered on the street in front of the Women's Social and Political Union headquarters in Queens Road.
In 1912, the WSPU began a massive campaign of destruction around London, smashing windows, vandalizing works of art, cutting telephone wires, and more.
On October 23, 1913, the Bristol University sports pavilion was burned down and suffragette literature was found nearby, with a note demanding the release from prison of a suffragette who had been arrested in London. Bristol student took revenge by trashing the WSPU shop, and setting fire to a pile of books, newspapers, and leaflets on the street outside.
[1913]
Clipping : Should women use violence? Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Pictorial Review. Vol. 14. November 1912
Social roles
Violence in women
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Social and Political Union
Wright, Almroth, 1861-1947
Gilman discusses recent militant and sometimes violent tactics by suffragists in England and perceptions of violence by women. In order to conduct a fair evaluation of these tactics, she asks: Is violence ever justifiable? Are women ever justified in using violence? Are these English women justified?
She argues against a recent article by immunologist Sir Almroth Wright's letter published in the Times newspaper on March 28, 1912, entitled "Sir Almroth Wright on Militant Hysteria."
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935
New York : The Pictorial Review Co.
1912-11
1 p.
Clipping : Life. "Some (as yet) untried ways of winning the vote." November 1, 1917
Anti-suffrage
Flags
Life Magazine, Inc. (New York, N.Y.)
Magazine illustration
Periodicals--Publishing--United States
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 with a pie, and stomping on the a shredded American flag.
Hoover, Ellison, 1888-1955, artist
New York : Life Publishing Company
[1917-11-01]
1 sheet ([1] page)
English
Clipping : "Suffragettes' Big Gathering Proves Fiasco / 50 women are arrested while attempting meeting in Parliament Square." [March 5, 1912]
Arrest
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
Suffragists--England--1910-1920
Violence
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
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 on suffrage headquarters by a group of medical students as retaliation against the organizations for the property damage.
[1912-03-05]
English
London, England
Clipping : "Suffragettes Sentenced to 5-Year Term: penal servitude for woman who threw hatchet at premier Asquith." [August 8, 1912]
Arrest
Baker, Mary Elizabeth, 1836-1913
Evans, Gladys, 1877-1967
Imprisonment
Leigh, Mary, 1885-1978
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women prisoners--Great Britain--Political activity
Article about suffragists Mary Leigh and Gladys Evans, sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Lizzie Baker was also charged and sentenced to seven months imprisonment. Mabel Capper, was discharged for lack of evidence.
Leigh was convicted for throwing a hatchet at a carriage carrying Prime Minister, H.H. Asquith and instead, hit and injured John Redmond, a member of Parliament and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. Evans was convicted for setting fire to the Theatre Royal.
[1912-08-08]
English
London, England
Clipping : "Suffragettes Mob Premier Asquith / Hundred women arrested during riot following assault on prime minister." [November 23, 1910]
Arrest
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928
Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Pankhurst, Christabel, Dame, 1880-1958
Suffragists--England--1910-1920
Violence
Williams, Henrietta
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
Account of attack on the Prime Minister H.H. Asquith by suffragists following a session in the House of Commons where he made a campaign promise to postpone discussion of a suffrage bill until the next parliament. Rioting and violence continued throughout the night followed the attack on Asquith.
Newspaper not identified. Year written on the clipping.
11/22/10
English
England
Clipping : "Suffragettes Get 4 Months Each in Jail / Mrs. Pankhurst, Mrs. Tukes and Mrs. Marshall Sentenced for Stone Throwing." [March 2, 1912]
Arrest
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
Marshall, Kitty
Suffragists--England--1910-1920
Violence
Tuke, Mabel
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
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 Monday, more than 100 women smashed windows of shops and department stores in London's West End and created other disturbances throughout the night. 142 women were arrested.
[1912-03-02]
English
London, England
Clipping : "Suffragettes Fight Policemen All Night / Send Augustine Birrell to bed badly crippled and beaten, smash many windows." [November 23, 1910]
Arrest
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852-1928
Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928
Suffragists--England--1910-1920
Violence
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain
Women's Social and Political Union (Great Britain)
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 arrested and arraigned at the Bow Street Police Court.
Newspaper not identified. Year written on the clipping.
11/23/10
English
England