Name/TitlePostcard: When I Grow Up...
About this objectSheahan's Humorous Novelties Postcard No. 223 featuring the sepia-toned image of a young girl snootily pushing away a young boy. The caption below says: 'SHE - When I grow up I intend to marry a Prince, And any "Hayseed" in this village needn't call at my Palace. HE ------'
Note: this forms one of a set of four postcards written by Julia Varley (1871 - 1952).
MakerM.T. Sheahan
Date Made1908
Period1900s
Place MadeUSA, Boston, MA
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, in blue ink:
Correspondence: How's the elections going [on? now?], remember I should like to know. I haven't [forgotten things?] even if I'm away. Love Julia
Addressee: Mrs Barrett, 32 Hampden St, Bradford, Yks.
Halfpenny stamp postmarked Birmingham, 11:30 PM, Oct 29, 1909
MeasurementsH: 137 x W: 87 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsSuffragettes
Subject and Association Keywordstrade unions
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Varley:
Julia Varley, OBE (16 March 1871, Bradford, Yorkshire – 24 November 1952, Yorkshire) was an English trade unionist and suffragette ... Varley was the first woman to join the Bradford Trades Council in 1900, and went on to serve on the Council for seven years. Aged 24 she chose to live for six weeks as a tramp, walking or ‘tramping’ from Leeds to Liverpool to see what it was like to live on Poor Law handouts. She served on the Board of the Poor Law Guardians of Bradford between 1904 and 1907. Varley joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), with whom in February 1907 she was involved in a raid on the floor of the House of Commons. She refused to pay a fine for disturbance and obstruction and was sentenced to 14 days in Holloway Prison. Varley served a second sentence for a similar action and was released on April 20, 1907. For these actions she was awarded the Holloway brooch by the WSPU. In 1909 Varley moved to Birmingham and established a branch of the National Federation of Women Workers at the Cadbury factory at Bournville. She was also involved in the Cradley Heath women chainmakers' strike of 1910, led by Mary Macarthur, and the Black Country strike of 1913, and later sat on the General Council of the Trade Union Congress [continues].
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2024-77-56
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved