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Suffragette in prison Votes for Women
A suffragette is seated inside a prison cell. Note the graffiti on the walls. The rhyme, addressed to the inmate reads, While you remain a suffragetteA velentine you ll never getWhat man would ever want a wifewho spends in prison, half her life. Date: circa 1910
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This poignant image captures the harsh reality faced by suffragettes during their fight for women's right to vote in the early 1900s. The seated figure, dressed in the iconic purple, green, and white colors of the suffrage movement, is surrounded by the cold, stark walls of a prison cell. The graffiti on the walls, including the haunting rhyme "While you remain a suffragette / A Valentine you'll never get / What man would ever want a wife / Who spends in prison, half her life," serves as a stark reminder of the sacrifices these women made for their cause. The date of this photograph is estimated to be around 1910, a time when suffragettes resorted to civil disobedience and were subjected to force-feeding, imprisonment, and other forms of brutality. The suffrage movement, which began in the late 1800s, finally succeeded in achieving women's suffrage in the United States with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. This powerful photograph is a testament to the courage and determination of the suffragettes who endured great hardships in their quest for equality and the right to participate in the democratic process.
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