Women and collectables
Postcards were extremely popular in the early 20th century and especially during the suffragette movement. Postcard imagery supported and protested the suffragette movement with many popular images showcasing haggard women causing their families to ‘suffer’ because they were a suffragette. Babies were a popular choice for suffragettes and protestors in the movement as well.
Suffragettes were able to create postcards through commercial photography, printed photocards, holiday cards, artist-drawn cards, and real photos, to name a few.
The diversity of imagery, the cheap and easily accessible way of using and sending postcards, made it incredibly quick for messages to be spread and for the Suffragette movement to engage the people.
At Warwick and Warwick, we have the pleasure of auctioning these pieces of history. In our January sale, we had a Suffragettes selection including 'Portsmouth Election. The Suffragettes at Portsmouth. Nov 18' with Katherine Douglas Smith, 'Appeal for Womanhood' poster by 'National League for Opposing Women's Suffrage', 'Votes for Women' cat, 'Men's Political Union for Women's Enfranchisement', 'Types of Voters', 'Who Said Votes for Women', 'What would end the war!', 'Miss Hissy Addresses a Meeting of the Goose's Social and Political Union' and Springbok hairpins advert. This lot sold for £110.
In our upcoming 18th March auction, we have lot 95, which includes a Bristol collection with 'Students' Revenge on Suffragettes Headquarters', within. This lot also includes other cards of interest and is being offered at £200.
If you have any Suffragette postcards or any others for that matter and would like to know their value, contact one of our team today who will be happy to assist you.
