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While celebrating the ratification of the #NineteenthAmendment on this day a century ago, we can't forget the long period of work and struggle worldwide of which this amendment in the US is one outcome.
The story of the journey toward ratification includes long years of pro- and anti-suffrage texts, actions, arguments... one way to bring the issues into the home, though, was in the form of ephemera like the game Panko (UK, 1920s) - a card game of suffragists vs. anti-suffragists
In a deck of cards with images from Edward Tennyson Reed of "Punch" fame, players engaged with the suffrage movement from 1909 into the 1920s
The Women's Social and Political Union sold these to raise money for their activities.
"... the game produces intense excitement without the slightest taint of bitterness" reads the advertising copy. hmm.
The @StanfordSpec copy of the game lacks the playing instructions, unfortunately. Perhaps someone with a complete copy of the game can share?
Read more on this game at https://blogs.library.duke.edu/rubenstein/2012/04/09/new-acquisition-panko-playing-cards/ by Meghan Lyon for Duke University Library's copy and https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/blog/feminist-card-games-pt-2-panko from @jasonporath
When the world allows it once again, if you're in the Bay Area, do come visit us @StanfordSpec and check it out for yourself at https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/11992725
... and don't forget to vote.
... and don't forget to vote.
PS. My thanks to excellent @StanfordSpec colleague Peter Whidden who, unfortunately, isn't on this platform (yet...), for the selection of photos of this game.
