MOTHERHOOD AND SOCIAL HOUSEKEEPING
Poster graphic emphasizing the maternal role of women as a basis for the right to vote.
These suffragists, handing out "Votes for Women" newspapers and literature, stress that "All Matters Pertaining to the Home are Woman’s Business."

Temperance (anti-alcohol crusade) posters, like mainstream suffrage graphics, often based appeals for the vote on the claims of motherhood.


 

 

 

 

 


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