User:Whisperjanes/sandbox/Panko of Votes for Women

Panko or Votes for Women, also known as Panko, is a card game about the suffragist and anti-suffragist movement. It was a popular game during the suffragist movement in England, sold by Peter Gurney, Ltd. It was named after the British suffragette leader, Emmeline Pankhurst. First mentioned in the newspaper Votes For Women on December 10, 1909,, it was stated as being available for purchase in the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) shops along with the game, Pank-a-Squith. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=IMJZBBnUFLgC&dat=19091210&printsec=frontpage&hl=en pg. 170]

Panko's cards contain illustrations of important politicians, drawn by E.T. Reed, a cartoonist of Punch magazine.  The cards characterize figures on both sides of the suffragist movement with colored cartoons.  For playing with anti-suffragists, the instructions mention, "If you begin by amusing them with 'Panko' you can convert them afterwards."  The game is played similarly to the game rummy.