Name/TitlePostcard: When Woman Rules
About this objectPostcard captioned 'WHEN WOMAN RULES', depicting a cowering man in a domestic setting wearing an apron and holding a mouse trap, as a finely dressed woman flounces away from him. A second caption below says, 'May I eat the cheese from the mouse trap, my dear? ~ Archibald!! certainly not'.
Date Madec.1912
Period1910s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, in black ink:
Correspondence: Dear Mother, Many happy returns. I hope you will like this, I do and it is all I have got, hope you will enjoy yourself, tata, I don't think I can come on Friday [at right angles] tell Dad to cheer up.
Addressee: Mrs Cahill, 15 Chelmar Road, Chatham, Kent
Halfpenny stamp postmarked Gillingham, [??] Jan [??] [1912?]
MeasurementsH: 87 x W: 137 mm
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association KeywordsSuffragettes
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association Keywordsfemale relationships - family
Subject and Association Keywordsmarriage, weddings
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2025-70-6
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved