The Suffragettes fought very hard to get their vote but in numerous of occasion, they were refused such as in 1906 when the Liberal Party won. The women’s suffrages were supporting the Liberal Party and in returned the Liberal Party will support their cause of the right to vote for women’s. When the Liberal Party won, the hopes of the women’s was raised but was refused to give the women’s the right to vote. The same situation happened and was refused in 1912, the Conciliation bill. They were making hard progress and so this poster was produced to gain as much support as possible, so then next time the government or parties would not refuse and be forced to give the right to vote for women. The poster also wanted us to know how women are capable of voting. This can be seen in source A, by the women’s duties such as responsible mayor, sensible nurse, caring mother, educated doctor or teacher as well as the helpful factory hand. These duties shows us that women are more than what they need to be in order to vote, They are able to lead a town, make people have a better community like mayors. Able to help others, persuade to have a better life like doctor or teacher. All these duties in the poster that can be seen, shows that women have good qualities and giving something to society, responsible enough to vote but still not yet have the vote. They used a phrase like “what a woman may be, and yet not have the vote”, this phrase makes us realise how responsible women are to vote. However, the men did not like women to get the vote as they believe women’s are irresponsible.
On the other side, source A shows the duties which men were doing was irresponsible. Source A shows the phrase “What a men may be, and yet have the vote” and that these men were getting the vote while they were being a guilty convict, crazy lunatic, greedy proprietor of white slaves, unfit for service, foolish drunk yard. These men suggest how untrustworthy, lazy these men were while have the vote. The Suffragettes showed us that these men were taking something away from society, breaking the law. Source A wanted us to know why women still don’t have the vote they wanted, so they want us to support them and show some contribution of this campaign.
Overall, I think the Suffragette poster was propaganda as it clearly shows one sided, not all men are like irresponsible. Their target was to let us know that women should get the vote, but with my own knowledge Suffragette were a violent campaign so it won’t really convince people to be on their side unless you are a woman.
