Most of these cartoons were drawn by the anti-Suffragette cartoonist WK Haselden. [Click on the thumbnail to see the full-sized picture.]
Woman’s Suffrage – the Cartoonists’ View
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This 1906 cartoon shows Suffragettes trying to fight their way into the House of Commons. |
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This cartoon was drawn in 1906. On the top are the women of the past; on the bottom are what women seem to be becoming. |
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This 1907 cartoon, entitled: ‘Will they get it?’, shows women trying to pressurize their way into Parliament. The MPs shout: ‘Please don’t bother us here’. |
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This 1907 cartoon shows women taking control over men. |
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In this 1909 cartoon, the suffragette lists all the trouble she has caused, and then wonders why she still hasn’t got the vote. |
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Suggestions for Suffragettes, 1909 – let the lions out at the zoo, burn down Westminster Abbey, and attack statues and buses. |
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More suggestions for Suffragettes, 1913 – pull faces at politicians, stand on their heads, climb lampposts and block traffic. |
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In this cartoon by Bernard Partridge the sensible woman is saying to the Suffragette: ‘Help our cause? You’re its worst enemy.’ |