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 these are a few women of note, Who say that they want, and they will have the vote; And think that they ought, To have Man's support [underlined]: Even though HE should have to go short, The sly Suffragette Who is all on the get And wants all, in THE HOUSE that man built." and depicting four comically drawn women distributing 'Votes for Women' pamphlets near the Houses of Parliament while a man looks on in bewilderment.
MakerB.B. London
Maker RolePublisher
Period1910s
Place MadeEngland, London
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksCorrespondence: "Dear Ruthie I am sending this PC hoping it will find you still improving from your operation. Little Linda sends her love to you, we are having lovely weather here hope you are, love from your old schoolmate Jammy Creswell xxxx".
Addressee: Ruth Leggett, Plenty Ward, Royal West Sussex Hospital, Chichester
Halfpenny stamp, postmark mostly illegible, dated September 1914
MeasurementsH: 139 x W: 89 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-2010-66
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved