Judge — January 7, 1911 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This two-panel cartoon satirizes women's suffrage activism. The top panel shows a woman fishing from a boat, with a man watching from shore—likely representing a suffragist attempting to "catch" voting rights. The bottom panel depicts the actual "catch": various creatures and objects labeled with suffrage-related text (though specifics are hard to read in this reproduction). The satire appears to mock suffragists' efforts as futile or absurd—"fishing" suggests they're chasing something elusive or ridiculous. The creatures caught seem designed to ridicule women's suffrage arguments or supporters. This reflects *Judge* magazine's anti-suffrage editorial stance during the early 20th century, when women's voting rights remained controversial among mainstream publications and conservative audiences.