Judge, 1916-04-08 · page 21 of 28
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This page satirizes the women's suffrage movement through two distinct pieces: **"The Modern Woman" article** argues that female suffragists' wartime work in munitions factories and other industrial jobs (replacing men serving in WWI) has permanently altered women's traditional domestic sphere. The author suggests this economic necessity—not coercion—will make women's workforce participation permanent, and that women need voting rights to align laws with their new economic reality. **"A Hazard of Chivalry" anecdote** mocks chivalry's incompatibility with modern law. A man injured after giving his streetcar seat to a woman cannot sue because courts ruled his "contributory negligence" (based on chivalrous instinct) bars recovery. The suffragists' retort: women need the vote to reconcile outdated social customs with modern legal statutes. Both pieces use irony to argue suffragists have legitimate grievances—patriotism and economic necessity have changed women's roles, yet legal and social systems haven't adapted. The page's advertisements for luxury goods (cigarettes, gems) contrast sharply with these arguments about women's economic and legal inequality.
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