Visit Our Shop Add To Saved Sellers Join Our Newsletter Contact Us Check Out our Huge Range of Nostalgia Postcards in our Main eBay Store, with over 10,000 in stock, I'm sure you'll find what your looking for Postcard c1908 Suffragettes Annie Kenney & Christabel Pankhurst Votes for Women 83K Description Postcard c1908 Suffragettes Annie Kenney & Christabel Pankhurst Votes for Women 83K Card Type: Glossy Paper Weight: 260gsm We have 10's of thousands of Postcards in stock with new stock arriving daily. We are listing new items in our store daily, so please keep checking back for new items. UK BUYERS SPEND £20+ AND ITEMS WILL BE SENT VIA SIGNED FOR DELIVERY Delivery Our aim is to dispatch the same working day if at all possible, but failing that the very next working day. All Stamps and Postcards are sent Royal Mail 1st Class post within the UK. Postcards are sent in BOARD BACKED envelopes for maximum protection. Returns If for any reason you are not happy with your purchase then don't worry, please contact us first before leaving feedback as all problems can be rectified and we offer a no quibble RETURNS Policy. Payment We accept payment via Debit & Credit Card and PayPal. All transactions are 100% secure. Why Buy From Us? Secure Payment Fast Shipping Dedicated Customer Service Satisfaction Guarantee Thank you for Visiting our Listing Copyright Cavalier | All rights reserved
One hundred years ago, women were granted the right to vote in a British Parliamentary Election. It seems particularly fitting to acknowledge this today, when there is so much attention in the media about sexual abuse of women over decades, along with discrimination of women in the workplace, where men are still being paid more for doing the same job. Forty years ago, and no doubt it goes back far longer than that, these things happened, whereby some men thought they could touch or grope a woman as and when they felt like it, with no fear of reprisal. More often than not, these men were in a position of power and women felt it was something they had to endure, for fear of losing their job. I have spoken to many, many of my contemporaries and, without exception, they had all experienced this in one way or another, and it occurred from workplace to workplace. That was THEN, when it was a completely different culture of behaviour, but it really saddens me that this sort of thing is still going on. But, as with those brave suffragettes all those years ago, women are finally, COLLECTIVELY, saying “No! We are not prepared to put up with this any longer - enough is enough”, and those men who abused their position, are being made to realise that they were totally out of order. For far too long, this whole thing has been brushed under the carpet, but no more. Whilst carrying out research relating to Votes for Women, I was surprised to learn that when the Act was finally passed in February 2018, the minimum age that women could register their vote was 30. A further ten years would pass before women were given the vote on equal terms as men, at the age of 21. It is a matter of some pride that the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons in 1919, was Nancy Astor, who represented my home City of Plymouth, here in Devon. In fact, she represented the City for thirty years. The Suffragettes attached importance to their dress and appearance. Anything masculine was to be avoided, and even when setting forth to smash windows, as part of their protest, they would always wear a hat.
More than a century after she became the first woman to vote in Britain Frances Connelly's extraordinary story has emerged. She voted in a by-election in Somerset in 1911 after a mix-up.
Granny's Choice by Dustin Cecil Many women were opposed to female suffrage, perceiving the political arena as unladylike and viewing women who were interested in organizing, persuading politicians and venturing into public life as "unsexed." In a contradictory move, however, women opposed to the vote organized their own political groups. In America the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage (NAOWS) was founded to consolidate state organizations in 1911. NAOWS Headquarters in either New York or Washington Founder Josephine Jewell Dodge fit the stereotype of the woman who chose to be anti-suffrage. She was rich and well-bred. Her 1875 wedding was described as "the most brilliant and important social event of the season" in the New York Times. Yet this New York socialite was active in the area of children's welfare and early childhood education. It's difficult to find a photo of Josephine Dodge (ladies' pictures were not in newspapers) but the Library of Congress has this 1913 picture of some fellow members of the NAOWS. Like the pro-suffrage organizations the "Anti's" used the power of the press, publishing newspapers and pamphlets. There were pledge cards and lapel ribbons, speeches and rallies. But their arguments had none of the flair of their pro-vote sisters. Mottoes like "Why waste time, energy and money, without result?" hasn't the punch of the simple "Votes for Women." The media battle raged through the early 20th century. The Anti's may have won the hearts of the cartoonists. But anti-anti cartoons were also widely printed. Socialite anti's (the woman above) were classed with these villains: "White slavers" on the left [the common euphemism for pimps and vice lords], business owners who wanted to exploit workers [women might want to effect change in the workplace] and the alcohol manufacturers who feared votes for prohibition. Cartoon from Puck humor magazine "We Don't Vote for Women"; "We All Vote For Women". An enterprising postcard publisher made the most of the pro's and anti's in these glitter cards that were printed with various city locations. Remember the Anti-Suffrage movement with Granny's Choice. Granny's Choice by Georgann Eglinski Granny's Choice by Becky Brown BlockBase #2309 The pattern was published in the Kansas City Star in 1948. Cutting an 8" Finished Block The red measurements are a little larger---when the BlockBase measurements are set to 1/16" default. A - Cut 1 square 7-1/4". (7-3/16") Cut with 2 diagonal cuts to make 4 triangles. You need 4 triangles. B - Cut 4 rectangles 1-7/8" (1-15/16") x 5-1/4". You'll trim these later. C - Cut 4 squares 1-7/8" (1-15/16") Piece the C squares to the B rectangles. Add the A triangles to make larger triangles. Piece those together and trim the B rectangles. Granny's Choice by Becky Brown Cutting a 12" Block A - Cut 1 square 10-3/16" Cut with 2 diagonal cuts to make 4 triangles. You need 4. B - Cut 4 rectangles 2-5/8 x 7-1/4". Trim these as shown above. C - Cut 4 squares 2-5/8". Read an account of Nebraska's anti-suffrage movement in Laura McKee Hickman's, “Thou Shalt Not Vote: Anti-Suffrage in Nebraska, 1914-1920,” Nebraska History 80 (1999): 55-65. Click here: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1999Anti-Suffrage.pdf See more about this English image contrasting "authentic" women and suffragettes by clicking here: http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/mol-50-82-851
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