Name/TitlePostcard: Feeding a Suffragette By Force
About this object"National" Series Postcard No. 993, captioned 'FEEDING A SUFFRAGETTE BY FORCE.' and depicting a woman lying on her back on a prison cell floor, being restrained at the ankles by a guard and force fed soup by a well dressed man via a funnel pushed down her throat.
Maker"National" Series
Maker RolePublisher
Date Madec.1913
Period1910s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, in faded ink:
Correspondence:
Addressee: Miss M. Forbes, Craig Dhu, Dalguise, Nr Dunkeld
Halfpenny stamp, postmarked Glasgow, 2:15 AM, March 31, [1913?]
MeasurementsH: 87 x W: 138 mm
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association Keywordssuffragettes, militant suffrage campaign
Subject and Association KeywordsPrison, imprisonment
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2026-25-5
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved