Name/TitlePostcard: A Willing "Suffragette"
About this objectPostcard Series 523 depicting a woman in white hat and long white dress being embraced by a uniformed policeman, watched on by an angry-looking woman in the background. The caption reads 'A Willing "Suffragette" ~ Who Would not Be On Duty?' Signed by Ellery.
MakerEllery
Maker RoleArtist
Date Madec.1900-18
Period1900s-1910s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, in pencil:
Correspondence: Dear Chipper, I hope you are in the pink and, who wouldn't be on duty, with a nice little girl like this, from Never Sweat [??]
Addressee: Mr G.H. Smith, 158 [illegible] St, New Cleethorpes, Grimsby
One penny stamp postmarked Lincoln, 6 [time illegible] 10 [date & year illegible]
MeasurementsH: 137 x W: 87 mm
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - political
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2024-77-13
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved