Suffragette Cat Magnet

The image on this fridge magnet is based on a postcard from c.1908. Postcards were used both by suffrage campaigners and their detractors in support of their cause. This one was intended by its original publishers in the early 20th century to rubbish the cause of women’s suffrage. It shows a cat wearing the Suffragette colours of purple, white and green. It was thought that portraying a campaigner as a cat would show the idea of women voting to be equally absurd: the cat was seen as passive, feminine and ineffectual.

Dimensions:

Height: 9cm

Width: 6.5cm