Women's Suffrage: The Hankinson-Goode Collection'PANKO' - PLAYING CARDS'Panko or Votes for Women. The Great Card Game. Suffragists v. Anti-Suffragists' [complete pack of 48 pictorial playing cards], illustrations by E. T. Reed of "Punch", printed in black, red, purple and green, each card numbered 10, 20, 30 or 40 in red or green, versos with purple on white geometric design, with printed sheet of rules, creased and marked, in original card slip case, lacking base panel, within outer printed box lacking both end panels, worn, 97 x 72mm., London, Peter Gurney Ltd., c.1909 (2)Footnotes'PANK! PANK! PANK!' – 'PANKO OR VOTES FOR WOMEN': A complete set of the popular Suffragist card game with sheet of rules. The pack comprises four Suffragist suits and four Anti-Suffragist suits, each of six cards, the object being to exchange cards and collect a complete suit in a game similar to rummy. The present set has the points printed on each in red (for Anti-Suffragists) or green (for the Suffragists) and its original printed sheet of ten rules. The game, costing two shillings, was widely distributed by the Women's Social and Political Union, the advertisement claiming "Not only is each picture in itself an interesting memento, but the game produces intense excitement without the slightest taint of bitterness", and was used a way of subtly disseminating propaganda into domestic circles. As Elizabeth Crawford writes, "the translation of the mechanics of the women's suffrage campaign into board and card games was a masterstroke that originated from within the Women's Social and Political Union. Not only were funds raised, but the message of the cause was brought into domestic circles where more rabid propaganda might not have been welcomed" (Crawford, E., The Women's Suffrage Movement, A Reference Guide 1866-1928, 1999, p.235)
Women's Suffrage: The Hankinson-Goode Collection'PANKO' - PLAYING CARDS'Panko or Votes for Women. The Great Card Game. Suffragists v. Anti-Suffragists' [complete pack of 48 pictorial playing cards], illustrations by E. T. Reed of "Punch", printed in black, red, purple and green, each card numbered 10, 20, 30 or 40 in red or green, versos with purple on white geometric design, with printed sheet of rules, creased and marked, in original card slip case, lacking base panel, within outer printed box lacking both end panels, worn, 97 x 72mm., London, Peter Gurney Ltd., c.1909 (2)Footnotes'PANK! PANK! PANK!' – 'PANKO OR VOTES FOR WOMEN': A complete set of the popular Suffragist card game with sheet of rules. The pack comprises four Suffragist suits and four Anti-Suffragist suits, each of six cards, the object being to exchange cards and collect a complete suit in a game similar to rummy. The present set has the points printed on each in red (for Anti-Suffragists) or green (for the Suffragists) and its original printed sheet of ten rules. The game, costing two shillings, was widely distributed by the Women's Social and Political Union, the advertisement claiming "Not only is each picture in itself an interesting memento, but the game produces intense excitement without the slightest taint of bitterness", and was used a way of subtly disseminating propaganda into domestic circles. As Elizabeth Crawford writes, "the translation of the mechanics of the women's suffrage campaign into board and card games was a masterstroke that originated from within the Women's Social and Political Union. Not only were funds raised, but the message of the cause was brought into domestic circles where more rabid propaganda might not have been welcomed" (Crawford, E., The Women's Suffrage Movement, A Reference Guide 1866-1928, 1999, p.235)
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