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Illustration, "How it would be if some ladies had their own way," Harper's Weekly, 1868 May 16
This anti-suffrage illustration shows men and women but outside their traditional gender roles.
Postcard, “Mother’s Got the Habit Now,” 1913
This anti-suffrage image mocks women for following the women's suffrage movement by showing an unhappy husband and child.
Fan, produced by the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association, 1915
This fan is Election Day merchandise from the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association. The words "Keep Cool! There will be nothing to worry about after we get Votes for Women" are printed on it.
Advertisement, “Women and the Law - Try a Suffrage Pencil!”
Produced by Maryland Suffrage News, this advertisement communicates a major reason why women should be able to vote: to get rid of Common Law, inherited from the British, and transition to Equal Guardianship law and women having full legal rights.…
Broadside, “Woman Suffrage in War Time,” published by the National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1918 July
Gives summary of country's actions regarding women's suffrage in relation to women's contributions to the WWI war effort, ending with the United States.
Postcard, "I have it all. I should worry!", undated
Postcard with political cartoon. Acts as a partner/accompanying piece to the "Ain't man generous? Everything but that Vote!" postcard. "VOTES FOR WOMEN" is printed at the top, but with the first two letters of women crossed out so it read "VOTES FOR…
Postcard, "Ain't man generous? Everything but that Vote!", undated
Postcard with political cartoon. Acts as a partner/accompanying piece to the "I have it all. I should worry!" postcard. "VOTES FOR WOMEN" is printed at the top.
Sheet music, “Woman Forever March,” by E. T. Paull, New York, 1916
Sheet music composed by E.T. Paull. The lithograph shows four women (labeled "Justice", "Liberty", "Victory", and "Equality") lifting up another woman.
Sheet music, “Oh! You Suffragettes,” by J.J. Gallagher and B.A. Koellhoffer, Irvington, New Jersey, 1912
Sheet music written by J.J. Gallagher and B.A. Koellhoffer, melody by B.A. Koellhoffer, and arrangement by Arthur H. Weberbauer. This song pokes fun at anti-suffragists, who called suffragettes “spinsters.”
Postcard, the scene “Liberty and Her Attendants,” from the performance of “The Allegory,” Washington, D.C., 1913 March 3
Many suffrage parades were embellished with pageants, or mini dramas and tableaus. During the 1913 suffrage parade in Washington, D.C. the procession came to a stop in front of the U.S. Treasury building and more than 100 women performed “The…