World of Art Global Vintage Anti-Suffragette Propaganda 'Don't Marry A Suffragette', circa. 1905-1918, Reproduction 200gsm A3 Classic Vintage Suffragette Poster

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Women have often been depicted as or associated with cats and feline imagery was commonly used in anti-suffrage posters and postcards. While it is not known why Phillips decided to send the ephemera to the library, the institution's decision to save and store the posters proves that they were valued—an unusual attitude at the time. Though treasured today, protest signs of the period were typically viewed as ephemera. Faced with determined opposition from many politicians, the press and the public (including women), Keir Hardie, M.P. (Independent Labour Party) was a good political friend to the women’s suffrage campaigners. While Liberal politicians consistently voted in support of the Conciliation Bills to grant a measure of women’s suffrage in 1910, 1911 and 1912, their wishes were crushed by the anti-women’s suffrage Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and others who refused to steer a Bill through Parliament. The collapse of the 1912 Conciliation Bill was the trigger which propelled the W.S.P.U. into sanctioning extreme militancy which marked the final two years of the campaign until the outbreak of the First World War. While pro-suffrage organizations and some commercial postcard publishers produced postcards that advocated for the women’s right to vote, many American and British commercial publishers created their own propaganda against the movement in their postcard sets. Palczewski, Catherine H. Postcard Archive. University of Northern Iowa. Cedar Falls, IA. Palczewski, Catherine H. Postcard Archive. University of Northern Iowa. Cedar Falls, IA. Palczewski, Catherine H. Postcard Archive. University of Northern Iowa. Cedar Falls, IA. Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, a member of the WSPU and the Tax Resistance League. She was often seen selling The Suffragettenewspaper outside Hampton Court Palace.

OCR – A Level History: England and a New Century c1900-1918: Political issues: the issue of women’s suffrage 1906-1914.

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But the peaceful parade turned violent after a mob of police officers and anti-suffrage protesters interrupted it. Many of the suffragists were spat on, yelled at, and even physically assaulted. Paul, tired of the harassment, formed the National Woman's Party, which was essentially the American equivalent to Britain's militant WSPU. But it also goes deeper than that, because these anti-suffrage women are saying the vote is going to disturb the American home. It’s going to alter gender roles in a way that is disruptive and unhealthy,” Weiss explains. “It’s going to make women compete with men—the anti-suffragists argue there will be more divorces because husbands and wives will argue about which candidates to vote for—but even deeper, it unsettles the idea of what the family is.” Harrison , Brian. Private Archive Collection, Oxford. [His documentation, which is remarkably abundant, contains recordings, photos, newspaper articles, reports and primary source documents that witnesses and participants in the movements contributed to his collection.]

Main Article ▲ Primary Sources (1) Report in Hansard on the speech made by William Cremer in the House of Commons on women's suffrage (25th April, 1906)The Vote was the newspaper of the Women’s Freedom League. Its first editor was Charlotte Despard and it was published from 1909 to 1933.

The posters also use colour schemes associated with the different suffrage groups; red, white and green was used to depict the more “peaceful” or constitutional suffrage movement, while white, green and purple were the colours of the militants. Palczewski, Catherine H. Postcard Archive/University of Northern Iowa Anti-suffrage propaganda campaigned to keep women in the home rather than in the polls. Beverley: Votes for Women campaigners also understood the power of words, music and drama to empower their female supporters and effectively argue their cause. The cause of women's suffrage was supported by the Actresses' Franchise League, whose ranks included musicians and dancers. Some posters explicitly call for ‘law-abiding’ meetings. Delap explains that the movement became divided on tactics, as many felt the continued denial of rights forced more drastic action. Cabinet Office (CAB) – discussions about the suffrage movement at the top level of government (see section 3.1)Music score and words for 'The March of the Women'. Composed by Ethel Smyth with words by Cicely Hamilton. Edexcel – A Level History: Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain c1780-1928: The Women’s Social and Political Union.