Printed Ephemera — 1912
The appeal of womanhood, we want the vote to stop the white slave traffic
This pro-suffrage poster was designed by the artist Louise Jacobs for the Suffrage Atelier, a group of artists who used art to promote the Votes for Women campaign. The central figure represents a 'Womanly Woman' standing before a group of women representing a chainmaker, a mother, a laundress and a prostitute. The banner held by the central figure above a skyline showing the Houses of Parliament refers to the social reforms the suffragettes hoped would follow female suffrage.
The poster was probably designed as a riposte to Harold Bird's poster entitled 'No Votes Thank You', published for the anti-suffrage meeting at the Albert Hall in February 1912.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 50.82/1068c
- Object name:
- The appeal of womanhood, we want the vote to stop the white slave traffic
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Suffrage Atelier
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- Related places:
6 Stanlake Villas, Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith & Fulham, London W [Hammersmith and Fulham], Hammersmith and Fulham
- Production date:
- 1912
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 1010 mm, W 757 mm (overall)
- Part of:
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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