Kazimiera
08-23-2015, 10:11 PM
12 Cruel Anti-Suffragette Cartoons
Source: http://mentalfloss.com/article/52207/12-cruel-anti-suffragette-cartoons
Throughout history, there were people who did not want women to vote. Women would work, they would pay taxes, they would technically be considered citizens... but voting was for men. In America, when the right to vote was extended to include all races, all social positions, and all incomes, women were still not included. It didn't matter if a man was illiterate, had been to jail, or if he was the town drunk. He could vote, and a woman, no matter who she was, could not.
Women suffragists (suffragettes) began campaigning in democratic countries all over the world to change this, starting in the mid-19th century. Their campaigns were largely peaceful and dignified... at least by 21st century standards. But by 19th century standards, these women were abhorrent and indecent, making fools of themselves by demanding to be treated like men.
One of the most notable things about the arguments put forth by the anti-suffragette movement was how weak its position was. Anti-suffragette arguments relied heavily on emotional manipulation and downright hateful nastiness. Humor was a much-used weapon against suffragettes. They were easy to depict as embittered old maids, brutal scolds, and cigar-smoking transvestites.
August will mark the 95th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed American women the right to vote. Here's a selection of anti-suffragette cartoons.
1. "Did I save my country for this?"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette1.jpg
2. "What I Would Do With the Suffragists"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette2use.jpg
3. "Origin and Development of a Suffragette"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette3use.jpg
4. "Nobody Loves Me"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette4.jpg
5. "The Suffragette Bar"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette5.jpg
6. "Suffragette Vote Getting"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/sufragette6.jpg
7. "For a Suffragette"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette7.jpg
To save you the squinting, this reads: "The Ducking-Stool and a nice deep pool were our fore-fathers plan for a scold, and could I have my way, each Suffragette to-day, Should 'take the chair' and find the water cold."
8. "I want to Vote, but my wife won't let me"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette8.jpg
9. "Afternoon Tea"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette9.jpg
This political cartoon depicts what life was like for imprisoned suffragettes. One big long party for "martyred" socialites. Actual prisoners reported that this was not the case.
10. "Darns her men, but not her sox"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette10.jpg
11. "An Up-to-Date Suffragette"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette11.jpg
Here we see a suffragette assuming another traditionally male duty, much to the erotic delight of the men around her.
12. "No votes. Thank you."
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette12.jpg
Notice the gawky, frenzied suffragette running behind the poised and graceful pillar of true womanhood. The message being, a real woman wants no part of anything as base as politics.
Source: http://mentalfloss.com/article/52207/12-cruel-anti-suffragette-cartoons
Throughout history, there were people who did not want women to vote. Women would work, they would pay taxes, they would technically be considered citizens... but voting was for men. In America, when the right to vote was extended to include all races, all social positions, and all incomes, women were still not included. It didn't matter if a man was illiterate, had been to jail, or if he was the town drunk. He could vote, and a woman, no matter who she was, could not.
Women suffragists (suffragettes) began campaigning in democratic countries all over the world to change this, starting in the mid-19th century. Their campaigns were largely peaceful and dignified... at least by 21st century standards. But by 19th century standards, these women were abhorrent and indecent, making fools of themselves by demanding to be treated like men.
One of the most notable things about the arguments put forth by the anti-suffragette movement was how weak its position was. Anti-suffragette arguments relied heavily on emotional manipulation and downright hateful nastiness. Humor was a much-used weapon against suffragettes. They were easy to depict as embittered old maids, brutal scolds, and cigar-smoking transvestites.
August will mark the 95th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed American women the right to vote. Here's a selection of anti-suffragette cartoons.
1. "Did I save my country for this?"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette1.jpg
2. "What I Would Do With the Suffragists"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette2use.jpg
3. "Origin and Development of a Suffragette"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette3use.jpg
4. "Nobody Loves Me"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette4.jpg
5. "The Suffragette Bar"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette5.jpg
6. "Suffragette Vote Getting"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/sufragette6.jpg
7. "For a Suffragette"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette7.jpg
To save you the squinting, this reads: "The Ducking-Stool and a nice deep pool were our fore-fathers plan for a scold, and could I have my way, each Suffragette to-day, Should 'take the chair' and find the water cold."
8. "I want to Vote, but my wife won't let me"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette8.jpg
9. "Afternoon Tea"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette9.jpg
This political cartoon depicts what life was like for imprisoned suffragettes. One big long party for "martyred" socialites. Actual prisoners reported that this was not the case.
10. "Darns her men, but not her sox"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette10.jpg
11. "An Up-to-Date Suffragette"
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette11.jpg
Here we see a suffragette assuming another traditionally male duty, much to the erotic delight of the men around her.
12. "No votes. Thank you."
http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/insert_main_wide_image/public/suffragette12.jpg
Notice the gawky, frenzied suffragette running behind the poised and graceful pillar of true womanhood. The message being, a real woman wants no part of anything as base as politics.