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This page combines a serious suffrage history article with period advertising, offering insight into early 20th-century attitudes. **"The Modern Woman" Article**: Anna Cadogan Etz presents a chronological defense of women's suffrage through historical "milestones"—from Mistress Brent's 1647 demand for voting rights through 1847's first woman lecturer on women's rights (likely referring to Frances Wright). The tone is earnest advocacy, culminating in 1916 congressmen "slinking down" to avoid suffrage votes—satirizing male politicians as cowardly obstructionists. **The Advertisements**: Notably, the Budweiser ad emphasizes beer's nutritional parallels to bread, while "Letters of a Self-Made Failure" promises inspirational reading. These appear incongruous with suffrage content, typical of Judge's mixed editorial-commercial format. **Historical Context**: This likely dates near the 19th Amendment's 1920 passage. The article frames suffrage as logical historical progression, while the desperate tone regarding congressional resistance suggests the fight remained contentious even as victory approached.

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tHE MODERN WOMAN Suffrage Facts and Fancies By ANNA CADOGAN ETZ Suffrage Milestones WQEE HERE, Gentlemen,” said Mi: tress Brent of Maryland in 164 sere isn’t. any reason under the sun why wan should not have the vote as smen. Just hand it over, will you? wh this bold demand of Mistress Brent de first suffrage milestone in this country as passed. In.1776 Abagail Adams read the Decla- ain of Independence. She saw there was siting doing for women. She took her pain hand and with unminced words wmte her husband exactly what she thought out the way men gobbled up all the lib- ay for themselves and never even thought dgving a bite to women. In 1836 for the first time an American gatesman announced that he couldn't for te lfe of him sce any reason why a person sto belped support the government should ot have a voice in it—even if that per- ga were a female. No one questioned his CF 7 ; ‘ Budweiser and Bread ceerity for he was known as “Honest the” Lincoln, but in the public mind an 53 Bread~made wet cereals: ne asylum scemed for him a_ fitting eos water, yeast. ‘Beer — made with cereals, On2ie". yeast. me is solid—the other illates! ts and In 1847 for the first time a woman lec- teet toured the country talking solely and y women's rights. She herself was so liquid ~ beer contains’ the aid and lovely that she sugar coated by extra morver resting, proper~ ter personality the bitter pills of her ad- ‘s Bee hore _uhich: beead. naced doctrines. Her husband is noted in te annals of husbandry for having swal- is Peiwcon thace two tends bed them whole to the end of his days, s you select the best of ad he died content to have been known 4 materials for Gettin the though a long life merely as the “hus- best of foods so o we P Stone.” She took nothing use the best barley malt : his admiration—not even and only imported Saayer . Hops for making 8 the press from Maine to ‘Texas tert into a roar over the first’ woman's d mets convention. This was called at Seca Falls by Elizabeth Cady Stanton a few kindred souls who decided that hee were worse things in life for women fan being laughed at. It was about this tive that_a minister ina near by town Bottled at the Brewery skmaly announced a lecture to be gi by Susan B. Anthony and added, “At ANHEUSER-BUSCH, st. Louis time and place a hen will attempt to aes : cov like a cock. All who are fond of such asic are invited to attend.” lb 1916 political leaders of all parties - fam bad dreams at night, not from MAURICE SWITZER'S Iprcieiuiics coviec oy anelciont , ~, | Letters of a Self-Made Failure ellege in which 1 bers de- en’ ninety one snembers: de With 14 brilliant pen-drawings by Frank Godwin dimen, x nd were quoted by more than 200 publications. If you sit in ‘or merely plod along beside the wagon, whether you are a success or think yourself a failure, you will find this book full of hope, belp and the Fad no less on the votes of women than | | f - P 2 A SELF-MADE FAILUR rially for ten weeks € 7 ¥ he In 1916 Congressmen slink down. corti- : lxs lost toall sense of public duty and ob- | Letters of a sed with but the one idea of escaping | SELILMADE | Mi MGa elt pre import now why ten thowtand fi Ssome place where they won't have to. go © record : oe Oe FAILURE in eplgrammatic atyle with @ touch of irresistible humor, and they impart a sys- we ord on the woman suffrage amend- . . m_of quaint philosophy that will appeal to everyone, regardless of age, sex oF Sat. The amazement that was meted out | station. risht kind of inspiration If ‘vou believe tat it is more important to know why ten thousand fail Price, $1.00 pew. Leslie-Judge Co., 225 Fifth Ave., New York City (aay) comicbooks.com