The Anti-Suffrage Society as Dressmaker

Pro-female suffrage propaganda postcard titled 'The Anti-Suffrage Society as Dressmaker' published by the Suffrage Atelier. Here, the anti-suffrage society depicted as an 'ASS' kneels before a woman holding a mirror. Below the image is written "The A.S.S. - 'Out of date, and a bad fit? Impossible, Madam! I assure you it must suit you, for I have made it exactly after your grandmother's pattern'."

The Suffrage Atelier was founded in London in February 1909 as 'An Arts and Crafts Society Working for the Enfranchisement of Women'. Its object was: 'to encourage Artists to forward the Women's Movement, and particularly the Enfranchisement of Women, by means of pictorial publications.' The Atelier artists specialised in hand-made wooden block prints, stencilling and etchings and produced visually powerful posters and postcards to publicise the pro-suffrage campaign. Laurence and Clemence Housman were co-founders of the Atelier, other members were Catharine Courtauld, Edith Craig and Isobel Pocock. The Atelier was associated with the militant Votes for Women campaign, in particular the Women's Freedom League. It also ran the Art Stall at the WSPU's fund-raising Women's Exhibition in 1909.