Judge, 1915-05-08 · page 16 of 24
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The top cartoon satirizes arguments against women's suffrage. It depicts two silhouetted figures—a man and woman—in an office setting, discussing a woman's financial independence through a "separate contract." The satire targets anti-suffrage claims that women don't need voting rights because they're protected by marriage laws. The accompanying text mocks anti-suffrage arguments: that Western suffrage wouldn't apply to Eastern cities, that one family vote suffices (implying the husband votes for everyone), and that women lack initiative. The piece uses these quotes from anti-suffrage advocates to expose their logical inconsistencies. For instance, it questions why only men should demonstrate voting rights "on election day," and notes that women want the referendum (direct democracy), not just initiative. The overall message: anti-suffrage rhetoric doesn't withstand scrutiny. This reflects the 1915 suffrage debate, before women gained federal voting rights in 1920.
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THE MODERN WOMAN “But if you wish to control your earnings, you must make a separate contract."" Then if he dies first, she will find that all he ‘en, dowed"’ her with was the life use of one. third of his real estate. “The unhappy part of it,’ says the anti. suffrage press bureau, ‘‘is that those Wes. ern States give us little indication of what woman suffrage would mean in such cities as Philadelp| New York and Boston."* Then why not investigate what it does to Chicago? GOOD NEWS for all Friends ano Admirers 9 oy Egy tian Pian Eno Canes 7 EGYPTIAN with eEROTBCHVEDNER FOIL and OUTER cs ¢ ios?” Nitti Co Tet By MARCUS HORTON The story of a wonderful black horse whose fortune was interwoven with that of a man and a girl. The horse's psy- chology is astonishingly portrayed and there is also an abun- dance of human adventures and romance. Frontispiece. $1.30 net HARPER & BROTHERS } “With one vote,’’ say the antis, ‘we have both the theory and the actuality of family representation.’’ We think we see all the males in the family over twenty-one letting the ‘told man‘’ demonstrate this theory and actuality on election day, “The initiative quality of the male mind is absolutely lacking in the female mind," says Dr. Simon Baruch, of New York. All right, the men are welcome to the initia. tive; what the women want is the refer- endum, a Many political clubs in the campaign States are indorsing the suffrage amend. ment, but will they vote the way they in- dorse? That is the point. Missouri papers say the Legislature “talked itself to death.'" No such reports come from those that have women members. J ud ge Vol. LXVIM May 8, 1915 No.3 Copyright 1915, by Leslie-Judge Company. Entered at the Post-oflice at New York as second-class nal matter. Cable address, “Judgark.’* Telephone 6632 Madison Szean. Pablished weekly by Leslie-Judge Compasy, Brunswick Building, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York. Washington Representative Wyatt Building, Washington. D.C. John A. Steicher, President. Reuben P. Sleicher. Se’y. ‘A. E. Rollaver. Treasurer. Grant E. Hamilton, Art Director. A SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Que year, or 52 numbers = = 4g Six months, or 26 sembers Thirteen weeks 5 Payable in advance by draft on New York. or wy ope ‘or postal order. The contents of JUDGE are protected by copyright & both the United States and Great Britasn. ¥ & 1 Clara Strase. 1 advertising for all the publications of ompany will be taken at regular rates at sf self-adirened nteed. pitted jon, only on condites that we shall not be held responsible for its loss oF ia) Is or in transit. cents per copy: 1b Postage free in the United States, its dependencies sa4 Mexico. To Canadian Provinces add tsa year for age; to all foreign countries add