There is no shortage of places offering up dating advice, from teen magazines and the bestselling book He’s Just Not That Into You to endless Reddit threads.

But perhaps it’s time to now turn to a rather more unexpected source – the suffragettes.

In the run up to Valentine’s Day, comedian Jason Manford shared a series of tips penned in 1911 by “a suffragette wife” – and, somewhat unsurprisingly, the post has gone viral.

Titled “Advice on Marriage to Young Ladies”, the tips are no-nonsense and take no prisoners, as one would expect from someone who fought for women’s right to the vote.

This suffragette’s brilliant advice on marriage has gone viral