Women's Suffrage: The Hankinson-Goode CollectionHANDKERCHIEF - ROLE REVERSALSatirical handkerchief titled 'Women's rights and what came of it "1981"', depicting women of the future fulfilling traditional male roles such as Politics, Science, Law, the Army, Navy and Police, a group of men doing the laundry ("Now we're busy") and a group of "Frozen Out M.D.'s" complaining "We've got no work to do-o-o", printed in black on fine cream cotton, registered number 364805, some small holes and staining, one L-shaped tear without loss, 600 x 540mm., [1884]; with a twin-sided crested souvenir bell, one side with the head of a pretty young woman wearing a pearl necklace and the motto 'This one shall have the Vote' in black and red beneath, the other a smiling older woman wearing a bonnet captioned 'Votes for women' above the Thurso crest, stamped 'A & S Stoke on Trent/ Arcadian China' inside, height 110mm., [c.1890-1910] (2) FootnotesTHE CONSEQUENCES OF ALLOWING WOMEN THE VOTE. This satirical handkerchief warns of what life would be like in 100 years if women were given equal rights, predicting the unconceivable possibility of women working in traditionally male roles, and showing a future where men are forced to (somewhat haplessly) undertake roles previously the preserve of women.
Women's Suffrage: The Hankinson-Goode CollectionHANDKERCHIEF - ROLE REVERSALSatirical handkerchief titled 'Women's rights and what came of it "1981"', depicting women of the future fulfilling traditional male roles such as Politics, Science, Law, the Army, Navy and Police, a group of men doing the laundry ("Now we're busy") and a group of "Frozen Out M.D.'s" complaining "We've got no work to do-o-o", printed in black on fine cream cotton, registered number 364805, some small holes and staining, one L-shaped tear without loss, 600 x 540mm., [1884]; with a twin-sided crested souvenir bell, one side with the head of a pretty young woman wearing a pearl necklace and the motto 'This one shall have the Vote' in black and red beneath, the other a smiling older woman wearing a bonnet captioned 'Votes for women' above the Thurso crest, stamped 'A & S Stoke on Trent/ Arcadian China' inside, height 110mm., [c.1890-1910] (2) FootnotesTHE CONSEQUENCES OF ALLOWING WOMEN THE VOTE. This satirical handkerchief warns of what life would be like in 100 years if women were given equal rights, predicting the unconceivable possibility of women working in traditionally male roles, and showing a future where men are forced to (somewhat haplessly) undertake roles previously the preserve of women.
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