Franchise Collection (page 2)

Cartoon, At Last! (franchise for women)
Cartoon, At Last! Women aged 30 and over are finally given the vote in the UK. A Joan of Arc figure stands victorious with a flag labelled Womans Franchise. Date: 1918

Women trying to vote at New York polling station, 1871
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927), noted American feminist, with her sister Jennie Claflin, try to vote in the New York election of 1871, but are turned away. Date: 1871

Suffragette Play An Allegory Vera Wentworth. A one-act play, An Allegory was published in 1913, by the Actresses Franchise League

Suffrage Demonstration N. U. W. S. S
Suffrage Demonstration N.U.W.S.S. Leaders of the N.U.W.S.S at the Suffrage Demonstration and March from the Embankment of the Albert Hall, 13th June 1908. Mrs. Fawcett, Lady Frances Balfour, Mrs

Cicely Hamilton and Edith Craig. Cicely Hamilton (1872-1952) and Edith Craig (1869-1947) portraits of Cicely Hamilton and Edith Craig

Satire on the call for more rights for Women
Men Only. A strange satire on the Womens Suffrage Movement, based around the Alice stories by Lewis Carroll. The Duchess (representing the vocal elder Womens rights activists) is demanding cake

Reform Bill - Disraeli as friend of the working man
The new Friend of the Working Man or the Party who may bring in a Reform Bill next Session after all. Benjamin Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer for the Conservative party caricatured as a

A Memento of the Great Public Question of Reform
Reform Bill - A Memento of the Great Public Question of Reform - showing King William IV, the Duke of Sussex, Lord John Russell, Lord Grey (Prime Minister), Lord Althorpe, Lord Brougham

Reform and Anti-Reform
Reform Bill - Reform and Anti-Reform - depiction of a naval battle between two ships, with the Reform ship winning. " The Portraits of the King, Lords Brougham, Russell, Grey

Cartoon, A Seasonal Warning, MPs Beware - a commentary on the Votes for Women campaign. 1909

Suffragette on the Hustings
At last, a woman campaigns for a seat in the House for herself! Surrounded by a group of men, one of whom winks and says, I ll vote for a woman any day

Suffragette Lena Ashwell
Portrait of Lena Ashwell (1872-1957), member of the Actress Franchise League and supporter of the Tax Resistance League. Date: circa 1914

Disraeli / Derby Card
BENJAMIN DISRAELI Calling for an extension to the electoral franchise, in a suggestion that Lord Derbys government is a bit of a horserace Date: 3 June 1865

WOMEN AS PERSONS
Punch Cartoon depicting, John Stuart Mills logic, Franchise for females; " Pray clear the way for these- Persons" Date: 1867

Suffrage Parliament M. P Woos Maiden
A Member of Parliament attempts to woo a Suffrage campaigner (Lydia Becker?) with the promise of a bill to secure Womens Franchise

Suffrage meeting, Convention Hall, Washington DC, USA
Suffrage meeting at the Convention Hall, Washington DC, USA, 19 May 1910. Date: 1910

Charlotte Despard Womans Franchise and Industry. Womens Freedom League pamphlet by Charlotte Despard (1844-1939) Date: circa 1910

Suffrage Actresses Franchise League. Programme of an Entertainment and Pageant of Famous Men and Women. B.C. 7, 000 - A.D 2914 Arranged by the joint committee of the Actresses Franchise League

Suffragette Play A Junction Arthur Heathcote. A Junction, a Dialogue in One Act by Arthur M. Heathcote. Published by the Actresses Franchise League in 1912. Date: 1913

Suffragette Elizabeth Robins. Elizabeth Robins (1862) actress and supporter of the womens suffrage movement. She was involved with the Women Writers Suffrage League

Lillah McCarthy Suffragist. Miss Lillah McCarthy (1875-1970) portrait. Lillah McCarthy, actress and suffrage supporter. Played Justice in the first performance of Cicely Hamiltons Pageant of Great

Cicely Hamilton Suffragette and Writer. Cicely Hamilton (1872-1952) portrait. Member of the Womens Freedom league, co-founder of the Women Writers Suffrage League

Suffragette Societies Rally to the Cause. Depicts women from various suffrage organisations protesting in front of Asquith

Suffragette Go Hang Yourselves. Two women view a campaigner for the franchise as So Un-Ladylike!! The suffragist with banners reading No taxation Without Representation and 190

Suffragette Womens Franchise Tea Ad. Womens franchise Every Woman votes for Pure indian Tea. a long line of suffragettes wave flags reading, Votes for pure indian tea

Is this right?. Woman with basket on her back, meets man holding umbrella labelled Franchise. She asks Why can t I have an umbrella too? Voter says, You can t. You ought to stop at home

Give me a bit of your franchise cake.. Miss Jane Bull asks Master Johnnie Bull for a bit of his franchise cake. He declines saying It wouldn t be good for you

Committee rooms, House of Commons. Jane Bull holds a box labelled, Miss. J. Bull Franchise Realising it is empty, she confronts Herbert Gladstone who thinks, Dear me

The Coming of Labour
Front cover illustration alluding to the growing strength of the Labour Party following the passing of the Franchise Bill

International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Suffragettes. An international gathering of well-known workers for womens franchise at the Congress of the International Suffrage Alliance

Artists Procession
An unidentified suffrage procession. The women carry artists palettes & brushes to represent female artists (possibly the Artists Franchise League)

Equal Franchise / 1928
Dame Millicent Fawcett, Miss Fawcett, Miss Garrett & Mrs Strachey after Royal Assent to Equal Franchise Act

Tsar Promises Reform
In his October Manifesto Tsar Nicholas promises wider powers for the Duma, broader franchise, civil liberties - in the streets of Saint Petersburg, crowds discuss

Womens Rights / General
A three evening conference of the Womens Franchise League at the Pankhurst home, 8 Russell Square

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