Printed Ephemera — 1912-1914
Votes For Women, And you think you can keep women silent politically?
Commercially produced comic picture postcard referring to the female suffrage campaign in the USA. The postcard, headed 'Votes for Women' depicts a young, cute yet defiant female child standing with her hands on her hips captioned 'And you think you can keep women silent politically It can't be did?. This is one in a series of Votes for Women postcards designed by the American illustrator Bernhardt Wall for the New York publisher S Bergman.
The postcard was sent to Minnie Turner from Elsie Mackenzie in Montclair New Jersey and refers to Elsie's impending trip to Europe on the SS Paul. Although Elsie dates the postcard February 15th 1914 the official postmark is dated February 15th 1915 suggesting Elsie made a mistake with the year. The recipient Minnie Turner was a member of the Tax Resistance League. She ran her home at Sea View, Victoria Road, Brighton as a boarding house specifically aimed at Suffragettes. Advertising in suffrage newspapers such as Votes for Women she urged ‘Suffragettes spend your holidays in Brighton, central. Terms moderate.’
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 50.82/1703
- Object name:
- Votes For Women, And you think you can keep women silent politically?
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- Artist/Maker:
- Wall, Bernhardt, S Bergman
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- Production date:
- 1912-1914
- Material:
card, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 140 mm, W 88 mm
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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