Name/TitlePostcard: This Is "The House" That Man Built
About this objectB.B. London Series No. E.19: captioned "THIS IS "THE HOUSE" THAT MAN BUILT, AND this is the policeman all tattered and torn, Who wished women voters had never been born, Who nevertheless Tho it caused him distress Ran them all in, In spite of their dress: The poor Suffragette Who wanted to get Into THE HOUSE that man built."and depicting a harrassed policeman shepherding two shabbily dressed women away from the Houses of Parliament.
MakerB.B. London
Maker RolePublisher
Period1900s
Place MadeEngland, London
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksCorrespondence: "Don't you wish to be a Suffragette. Mrs N. would like to see you she is just [??] we are only staying till the morning Tuesday it is not nice weather M.S."
Addressee: Mrs J Cooper, 9 Aireside Terrace, Cononley, Nr. Keighley, Yorkshire
Halfpenny stamp postmarked Morecombe ~ Lancashire, 5 PM, September 6, 1909
MeasurementsH: 134 x W: 88 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - political
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2010-46
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved