Judge — November 1, 1913 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "An Old-Fashioned Lock" This Judge magazine cover from November 1913 shows a silhouetted figure of a woman with her hand raised against a keyhole-shaped opening, titled "An Old-Fashioned Lock." The cartoon likely satirizes women's suffrage debates of the era. The "lock" metaphor suggests women were excluded from political participation—unable to access power or voting rights. The woman's raised hand and pressing posture indicate struggle or protest against this exclusion. By 1913, the suffrage movement was intensifying in America. This image appears to mock either anti-suffrage arguments (portraying women as locked out) or possibly criticize the slow pace of reform. The "old-fashioned" label suggests the restriction itself was outdated, though the cartoon's exact stance—supportive or critical—remains somewhat ambiguous without additional context.