Postcard Series : This is the house that man built. [Circa 1909]

POST-1909-41 This is the House Series - Poor little suffragette.jpg

Title

Postcard Series : This is the house that man built. [Circa 1909]

Description

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.

Date

[Circa 1910]

Subject

England--London
Great Britain.--Parliament--1900-1910
Government facilities--British--England--London
Nursery rhymes

Publisher

London : B.B. London

Text

And this is the poor little Suffragette
Who tried, Oh so hard, in this House to get:
Tho' it wasn't a crime
Still with patience sublime
She spends the best part of her life doing time;
Oh Fie! Suffragette
Be contented to get
In your own little house, that man built.

Original Format

Postcards

Physical Dimensions

9 x 14 cm.

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