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• Inez Milholland
  Visual description: American suffragist, Inez Milholland, is shown riding a horse, as she did in the 1913 suffrage parade. She holds a banner that reads "FORWARD into LIGHT". Across the top of the poster white text reads "Inez Milholland Boissevan" and at the bottom of the poster "who died for the freedom of women". The horse is all white, with gold tackle. Milholland is wearing a silky white dress that flows over the side of the horse, and she and the horse are inside a purple circle. There are gold details all throughout the poster, and the background is gold. The use of white, purple, and gold represent the suffrage movement. She is wearing a helmet with a star on it. She looks forward into the horizon in a hopeful way.
• What's Sauce for the Gander
  Visual description: The poster depicts two white geese on a cream-colored background. One goose is over a bowl with the word "votes" in the center of it. Below the geese black text reads "what's sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose" in all capital letters.
• Won't you let me help you, John?
  A poster in a light cream color, with a light-skinned woman on the right, facing a light-skinned man on the left, though she is making eye contact with us. The man is holding his head and making an anguished expression, above his head, there are six horns, directing eleven phrases at him, which from left to right read “Old age pension, Temperance, Wife’s sister’s bill, Infant death rate, Barmaids, Poor law reform, Religious education, Factory legislation, Cry of the children, Free food for school child, Peace proposals." The woman's white skirt reads “Women’s suffrage.” The woman has a light blue shawl and scarf, as well as pink flowers in her hair, and wears a yellow-colored bonnet. The man is wearing a dark blue jacket, a yellow waistcoat, with a red flower in his lapel. The background is black on cream and shows a set of stairs behind the people. The text at the very bottom of the page reads “Won’t you let me help you, John?,” in a bold font.
• Who's Afraid?
• Electors
  Visual Description: Detailed illustration of a noble man dressed in royal purple and wearing a crown, writing on a public wall “WE BOW to the WILL of the PEOPLE.” Behind him in line is Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, dressed in yellow clothes, writing on the peer's back, “The peers must not veto the will of the commons who represent the people.” Last in line is a woman, wearing a purple outfit with green accents, writing on the middle man's back, “The premier must not veto the will of the commons who represent the people." She is also holding a piece of paper in her other hand that reads “Conciliation Bill.” Color scheme is light green, dark purple and yellow, incorporating suffrage colors. Beneath the drawing, purple text reads, “Votes for women. Electors! Your representatives in the House of Commons by a majority of 110 voted for our Bill but Mr.Asquith put his Veto on it. Therefore we call on you to ensure Mr.Asquith by voting against the liberal candidate.” Poster created on behalf of the ‘Women’s Social and Political Union’, Emmeline Pankhurst and Emmeline Pethick Lawrence.
• Convicts and Lunatics Have No Vote for Parliament Should All Women Be Classes With These?
  Woman in cap and gown, convict and lunatic behind bars. Woman holds a padlock and above her head appear the words: "She. It is time I Got Out Of This Place. Where Shall I Find The Key?" Mounted on linen.
• The Cat and Mouse Act
  Visual Description: This poster features an angry house cat biting a light-skinned woman, framed in a purple circle. The composition of the cat and the woman parallels that of a cat biting a mouse. The woman appears distraught as her limbs are limp and dangling downwards. She wears a white blouse with sleeves that are bunched up to a little below her elbows. She sports a blue skirt that goes to her ankles as well as stockings and black shoes. Draping down her side is a green, white and gray sash with the letters "WSPU" stitched into the fabric. Behind the cat and woman is a painted cityscape and castle. The sky behind the city is a light hue of gray compared to the deeper hues of the buildings. Outside of the circle, there is capitalized text both above and below. Above the circle, in a large font reads "The Cat and Mouse Act," with the "Cat and Mouse" portion being underlined. Below this headline are the words "Passed by the Liberal Government" in a small font. Both of these fonts use the same san serif typeface that has a warm gray outline with a white fill. Below the circle are three lines of text reading "The Liberal Cat Electors Vote Against Him! Keep the Liberal Out!" The last line of text is underlined similarly to the "Cat and Mouse" line from above the circle. This text is in the same typeface as the font at the top of the poster. Underneath this text, in a black serif font, reads "Buy and Read 'The Suffragette' Price 1D."
• Votes for Women poster
  Allegorical figure of a woman in yellow dress standing in front of the horizon, the setting sun creates a halo around her, as she holds a "votes for women" banner. Winner of a 1911 poster competition sponsored by women's suffrage organizations in San Francisco.
• Justice to Women- Susan B. Anthony
  This tan poster with black font depicts suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony in her old age. She is shown in profile, wearing glasses with her white hair tied back. She wears an elegant black shirt with and white ruffled lace collar with a jewel on it. The black text below reads" Susan B. Anthony 1820-1906. Pioneer Worker for Woman Suffrage. She spoke before every Congress from 1869 to 1906. 'Let every woman who enjoys the freedom she helped to win and every man who rejoices in the larger horizon of the mother of his race, give loving homage to the great heart and dauntless spirit of Susan. B. Anthony." "JUSTICE TO WOMEN" is printed across the top of the poster, and "MAKERS OF AMERICAN IDEALS" across the bottom.