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Original – Pro-women's suffrage poster by Emily J. Harding Andrews
Reason
While aspects of it are problematic, I'm a fan of history in the raw, and not trying to hide the problematic aspects of otherwise good movements. This poster is in Ableism for a reason. But it's also a fine example of a notable suffragette and artist's work, and, while we have images of suffragettes, we have very little of their propaganda, which makes it rather valuable.
Articles in which this image appears
Emily J. Harding (she usually worked under her maiden name, though not here) Disability in the United Kingdom and Ableism
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others
Creator
Emily J. Harding Andrews, restored by Adam Cuerden
If only we could prohibit lunatics from voting. – Sca (talk) 13:43, 19 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support with context. There's a significant literature in women's history and disability history focusing on how eugenic feminism informed the suffrage movements of North America and the UK (and I assume others). It wasn't a side story; "(white) women deserve the vote more than X" was a favorite argument, and effective in times of intense racism, nativism, and ableism. This image represents an ugly but important strain of suffrage rhetoric. – Penny Richards (talk) 14:06, 19 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Incidentally, we have an article on eugenic feminism that could probably stand improvement (a while back, I put some work into making it slightly better than absolutely dreadful). XOR'easter (talk) 21:18, 22 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – article is too weak, too short. Can it be expanded by a paragraph (or two)? It will improve the encyclopedic value. It will have my support if it is expanded a little. Bammesk (talk) 00:49, 20 August 2019 (UTC) . . . Support, I hadn't seen the second and third articles listed above. It would be nice if Emily Harding's article was a bit longer though. Bammesk (talk) 01:39, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely agree on your latter point, so I've made some additions and improvements to the article.Penny Richards (talk) 03:16, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Convicts Lunatics and Women! Have No Vote for Parliament, ca. 1907-1918.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 08:26, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]