Judge — February 17, 1906 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This political cartoon by James Montgomery Flagg depicts a large hornets' nest filled with numerous female faces, with a bare branch above from which hornets emerge and scatter. The title "The Hornet's Nest" is a metaphorical warning. The cartoon appears to satirize women's activism or political organizing—likely referencing the suffrage movement or broader women's rights agitation of the early 20th century. The densely packed female faces represent organized female political power as a "nest" of aggravating forces, while the escaping hornets suggest this movement creating widespread social disruption or controversy. The satire mocks women's collective political action as inherently chaotic and troublesome to society.