Judge, 1911-09-09 · page 19 of 24
Judge — September 9, 1911 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This page features a witty poetic debate about women's suffrage. A male poet ("Mr. Rhymester") condescends to a suffragette, patronizingly assuring her that women will soon get the vote, so she should stop her disruptive activism ("stunts," "banners"). The suffragette's response cleverly reverses his argument: she predicts that *he* will eventually support women's voting and abandon his mocking verse—turning his own patronization back on him. She threatens that their movement's inevitable success will make his current jibes seem foolish. The cartoon exemplifies Judge magazine's satirical approach to the suffrage debate, likely from the early 1910s when women's voting rights were hotly contested. The exchange captures the era's tension between suffragists demanding immediate change and opponents who dismissed them as temporary irritants. The suffragette's confident prediction of inevitability—and her threat to hold the rhymester accountable—represents the movement's growing political power.
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