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Propaganda Postcards From The Early 20th Century Show The Dangers Of Women’s Rights
These unbelievable vintage postcards from the early 1900s were used as propaganda by men to stop women from having more rights. Although The Suffragettes campaigned tirelessly to change the status quo of the day, many men found the idea of women’s rights not only disagreeable but even downright dangerous.
Because of this, propaganda postcards like the ones below were produced. They come from the archive of Catherine H. Palczewski, a professor of women’s and gender studies at the University of Northern Iowa who’s been collecting them for the last 15 years. The postcards portrayed the idea of change as something to be feared, not embraced, and they promoted women’s rights as an attack against family values as well as an infringement upon man’s place in society. While we still have a long way to go before women have the same rights as men, these postcards serve as a reminder of how far we’ve come since the turn of the 20th Century. (h/t: vintage everyday)
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Emily Rose 9 years ago
I'm so grateful for all the courageous women who stood up against this cruel propaganda and helped us get the vote.
Amy Weiss 9 years ago
Yeah Lino Pugliari, they thought things were going to extremes back then, too
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Ulla 9 years ago
Couldn't even finish looking at these... I'm so happy to live in this day and age.
Elisn Klein 9 years ago
I was kinda laughing the whole time, like yeah, we're somewhere else, we've moved massively. But the "get back in the kitchen" and "make me a sandwich" pics that flow on the internet are still painfully common.
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Talise Snyder 9 years ago
I am the daughter of a single dad, and the pictures that show fathers taking care of their children as wrong make me sad because my dad has worked really hard in parenting and has done a great job. <3 I hate how women in these posters are shown as only fit for housework and not worthy of any say in our society.
Elina Krecere 9 years ago
the men look really desperate taking care or children and home ha ha imagine how women felt when they didn't have the choice
Kati Alyssa 9 years ago
I know! They're admitting those roles can be very hard and unpleasant!
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Katinka Min 9 years ago
Being able to vote is a privilege that our grandmothers fought very hard for. And it's one that many women in the world still don't have (much less any say whatsoever about their bodies or their lives) It is up to us, now, to make sure women are also being taken seriously. Looking at the media and the world around me there is still a hell of a long way to go.
Susan Riley 9 years ago
Exactly! And if the Republicans get their way, we'll lose a great deal of our freedoms.
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Sigrid Vinter 9 years ago
Unfortunately a common response to feminists still is, that they just need to get laid. Just like many of these old postcards!
Shaun Baxter 9 years ago
I can't believe how stupid those people were. They aren't much different than people against gay marriage today, though.
Katrina Green 9 years ago
There's always those people who can never understand change
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Flavia Furtos 9 years ago
Wish I could time travel...in a tank...and just hunt these a******s down
Lucina Sandoval-Gordon 9 years ago
There still around. Just go to any comment section on the internet.
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Hans 9 years ago
Nowadays these drawings seem outrageous. Just think how many of today's matters of course will seem outrageous in 100 years. Denying climate change? Overburden resource usage? Locking out refugees? Brexit? Animal cruelty? Homophobia? You could endlessly add items to the lists of things that are either morally wrong or ignore the facts but just seem to feel right for many.
Emily Rose 9 years ago
I'm so grateful for all the courageous women who stood up against this cruel propaganda and helped us get the vote.
Amy Weiss 9 years ago
Yeah Lino Pugliari, they thought things were going to extremes back then, too
Load More Replies... Ulla 9 years ago
Couldn't even finish looking at these... I'm so happy to live in this day and age.
Elisn Klein 9 years ago
I was kinda laughing the whole time, like yeah, we're somewhere else, we've moved massively. But the "get back in the kitchen" and "make me a sandwich" pics that flow on the internet are still painfully common.
Load More Replies... Talise Snyder 9 years ago
I am the daughter of a single dad, and the pictures that show fathers taking care of their children as wrong make me sad because my dad has worked really hard in parenting and has done a great job. <3 I hate how women in these posters are shown as only fit for housework and not worthy of any say in our society.
Elina Krecere 9 years ago
the men look really desperate taking care or children and home ha ha imagine how women felt when they didn't have the choice
Kati Alyssa 9 years ago
I know! They're admitting those roles can be very hard and unpleasant!
Load More Replies... Katinka Min 9 years ago
Being able to vote is a privilege that our grandmothers fought very hard for. And it's one that many women in the world still don't have (much less any say whatsoever about their bodies or their lives) It is up to us, now, to make sure women are also being taken seriously. Looking at the media and the world around me there is still a hell of a long way to go.
Susan Riley 9 years ago
Exactly! And if the Republicans get their way, we'll lose a great deal of our freedoms.
Load More Replies... Sigrid Vinter 9 years ago
Unfortunately a common response to feminists still is, that they just need to get laid. Just like many of these old postcards!
Shaun Baxter 9 years ago
I can't believe how stupid those people were. They aren't much different than people against gay marriage today, though.
Katrina Green 9 years ago
There's always those people who can never understand change
Load More Replies... Flavia Furtos 9 years ago
Wish I could time travel...in a tank...and just hunt these a******s down
Lucina Sandoval-Gordon 9 years ago
There still around. Just go to any comment section on the internet.
Load More Replies... Hans 9 years ago
Nowadays these drawings seem outrageous. Just think how many of today's matters of course will seem outrageous in 100 years. Denying climate change? Overburden resource usage? Locking out refugees? Brexit? Animal cruelty? Homophobia? You could endlessly add items to the lists of things that are either morally wrong or ignore the facts but just seem to feel right for many.
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