Judge, 1911-12-30 · page 9 of 25
Judge — December 30, 1911 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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This cartoon satirizes the emerging women's suffrage movement of the early 20th century. The top illustration depicts a hypothetical future "National Convention" presided over by a female chairwoman, with a female presidential candidate ("Miss Peachly") causing chaos among male delegates who become distracted and unruly. The satire's point: male politicians would be unable to maintain order or conduct serious business if women participated in politics—a common anti-suffrage argument of the era. The caption notes the chairwoman had "considerable trouble" maintaining decorum, mocking women's fitness for political leadership. The smaller jokes below reinforce traditional gender stereotypes about women's frivolity and unreliability, supporting the underlying message that women belonged in domestic, not political, spheres. This represents typical Judge magazine opposition to women's suffrage during the Progressive Era.
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ae] - xs = = x A SCENE AT A NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE FUTURE, Miss Chairman had considerable trouble calling the male delegates to order when Miss Peachly, the lady aspirant for presidential From Judge’s Docket. By DONALD A. KABN. DVICE is cheap, un- less one goes to an attorney for it. He who's ever begging a match is a nuisance, but a lesser nuisance than the woman who's always trying to make one. The man who wears a celluloid collar and the woman who paints fool no one but themselves. If a woman has repre- sentative neighbors, small is her need of news- papers. The other man’s word is an assertion, your word is truth, your wife's law. If you buy a friend a drink, you are generous. honors, came strolling into the ball. FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE. ** Here comes my new papa."" “That man? He isn't so many."’ * How do you know?’ “* He used to be my papa." If, in return, he buys you one, he’s a gentle- man. If, then, you both let it go at that, you’re both uncommonly sensi- ble. The man who is no- body’s friend makes few enemies. Difference. Knicker—Shakespeare calls sleep ‘Nature’s soft nurse.’ ’” Bocker—‘*Yes; but she doesn’t try to marry rich old invalids."’ May—"A stitch in time saves nine.’’ Fay—‘Yes; but you don’t want it to save so many, you don’t get a new dress.’’ comicbooks.com