Emancipation Collection (page 5)

Emancipation Proclamations

Emancipated Woman - Husband doing chores
The Handy-man at home An Emancipated Woman reads happily by the fire whilst her sailor husband does his fair share of the household chores by scrubbling the floor. Date: 1915

Spencer Perceval
British statesman and the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated. He was opposed to Catholic emancipation and reform of parliament, and supported the war against Napoleon. Date: 1762-1812

Woman in the army
New role for the Emancipated woman - Gwendoline of the Queens Bays - a female soldier in the British army at the end of the First World War. Date: 1918

The harem skirt, the scare m skirt, the harum-scarum skirt
A satirical look at womens fashion in 1911. Date: January 1911

Drunken Husband arrives home
Weather Forecast - " Stormy" (Thunder and Lightning to follow) A drunken husband arrives home to find his wife still up and awiting his return sat at a table with clock

Young woman riding an early form of bicycle
A young woman riding an early form of bicycle along a country lane. The wheels are large, and are placed on either side of the rider, who sits on a seat in the middle. Date: early 20th century

Leap Year Matrimony - Strong Women
I Wed Him. Leap Year Matrimony - Strong Women take fullsome advantage of their right on a leap year to ask for the hand in marriage of their chaps

1850s woman smoking - flouting convention
A charming water colour of an early female smoker, very much a flouter of the conventions of her day. Date: 1850s

Women War Work - WWI
A nurse cares for a wounded soldier - WWI. A card series examining the role women played during the war. Doing their Date: circa 1916

Emancipated Women
Margaret Bryan; scientific writer and teacher in Blackheath Date: 1815

Terrified by modern female fashion
The Harem Skar em!! Not in those trousers! A lady in the latest fashion, based on the costume of the Turkish Harem - causes men to flee from her path in surprise

Suffragettes Coronation Procession, London
A large suffragette procession passing along the Embankment in Central London. The Coronation of George V in 1911 inspired the WSPU (Womens Social and Political Union)

O connell St Foundations
The laying of the foundation stone of the O Connell monument in Sackville Street, Dublin, Ireland in 1864

Ambitious Women
Some want to catch a coronet, others a millionaire, a few sail with Lady Fawcett seeking emancipation : but chorus girls or aristocrats, all are shamelessly after SOMETHING... Date: 25 December 1908

Lady Parson Postcard
When we have Lady Parsons we shall have more Hims at church than we ve ever had before !

Women at War / Medical
British women volunteer for medical work

Making Table Forks 1926
Women making table forks at the Souete Generale de Coutellerie, France

Elegant Shooting Lady
A bird of prey sets out knowing that she is immaculately dressed for the part

Ladies Auctioned
THE MATRIMONIAL TATTERSALLs Marriageable ladies and gentlemen are put up for auction as if they were horses

Bloomerism in 1852
THE PROGRESS OF BLOOMERISM The new fad spreads and is adopted by ladies of all ages

Wellington Vs Wichelsea
The Duke of Wellington & Lord Winchelsea fight a duel over their differing opinions on the Catholic Emancipation Bill

Harem Pants / Postcard
A modern young lady wearing the daring new harem pants under her skirt is able to run for a bus - fortunately she didn t chose the fashionable hobble skirt instead

Cycling with Horses 1896
The Old Love and the New: the morning bicycle parade in Hyde Park, London, mixed in with the more traditional horse riders

Cigarette smoking woman gets into a compartment
A cigarette-smoking woman (a New Woman) joins a cigar smoker and a pipe smoker in a smoking compartment of a railway train. For some reason the men are shocked

Bloomers 1850
Bloomerism - an American custom

Mexican Womens Army 1913
Mexican women fight in dresses in the rebel army

Womens Rights - United
Unity is strength ! - the young sporty girl, the wealthy matron, the young working girl and the mum of the people, join hands in the good cause of womens emancipation

Lady Rider / Jugend 1896
Lady riding sidesaddle

Emancipation of a Serf
Emancipating a Russian serf

Equality / Eve and Adam
Eve Adamised

Equality / Lady in Train
An emancipated lady in a train from a male point of view

Ladies Gallery / Commons
In the Ladies Gallery in the House of Commons, women are permitted to listen to the men running the country

Events / Russia
ABOLITION OF SERFDOM : Tsar Alexander II orders emancipation of serfs throughout Russia

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