Judge, 1915-11-20 · page 20 of 28
Judge — November 20, 1915 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine contains two distinct pieces reflecting early 1900s women's suffrage debates: **"The Modern Woman" section** presents contrasting poems about how women's roles shifted during election campaigns. "The Change" celebrates how suffrage activism elevated women from passive background figures to engaged political participants, energizing their voices. "Discord in the Home" satirizes the opposite: a husband who claims to "represent" his wife politically while she points out he never actually voted for her interests—citing concrete examples like property rights and unequal legal damages for their children. The satire's target is **anti-suffrage men** who argued women didn't need voting rights because husbands represented family interests. The wife's angry needle-work and catalog of legal inequities expose this logic as absurd. The left side contains **hotel advertisements**, unrelated to the political content—typical of magazine layout from this era. The page reflects heated debates surrounding women's suffrage in the early 20th century, likely around state-level voting amendments.
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