Name/TitlePostcard: Je suis très bien portante.
About this objectPostcard depicting an older woman wearing a white cap/bonnet tied below the chin and a red-green striped shawl, captioned in French: 'Je suis très bien portante. Et veuve pour la 9e foi ~ J'ai une dot importante. Aime-moi donc, je t'aimerais je crois'. This roughly translates as: 'I am in very good health. And widowed for the 9th time ~ I have a large dowry. Love me then, I will love you I believe.'
Date Madec.1905
Period1900s
Place MadeFrance
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn front, in black ink [over image so partly illegible]:
Reconnandé aux Jeunes [Fils?] pressès d' etre Papa ~ Pleine d' ardour et de courage ~ Affrontion le danger comme aux temps de les première Jeunettes - Femmes est stoïque!!
Rough translation:
Recommended to Young People [Sons?] in a hurry to be Dad ~ Full of ardor and courage ~ Facing danger as in the times of the first Young People - Women are stoic!!
On back, in black ink:
Correspondence: courage et célérite ~ affaire serieuse ~ les agences s'abstenez mystere et Discretion !!!!!!!! XXXX xxx Ecrire YZ poste restante Agen
Rough translation: courage and speed ~ serious business ~ agencies abstain mystery and discretion!!!!!!!! XXXX xxx Write YZ *poste restante* Agen
Addressee: Monsieur Gaston Bizot, au Bigourda, par Beauville (Lot at Garonne)
Red 10c Republique Francais stamp postmarked [8-8?] 05 Garonne
MeasurementsH: 139 x W: 88 mm
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association Keywordsageing, older women
Subject and Association DescriptionRe: correspondence on the back of the card:
To collect post from the post office, the sender can use a service called Poste Restante, writing the addressee's name followed by the words Poste Restante and the name / postal code of the commune - Agen, in this case.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2024-106-7
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved