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This page satirizes the women's suffrage movement through Anna Cadogan Etz's column "The Modern Woman: Suffrage Facts and Fancies." **The Satire's Main Points:** The article mocks suffragists' claims about women's power by contrasting two arguments: women who bear children supposedly "rule the world," yet cinema projectionists (literally turning a hand-crank) are said to hold real power—and they already have the vote. This exposes the illogic of anti-suffrage rhetoric. **The Secondary Argument:** Etz argues that early suffragists like Susan B. Anthony showed genuine courage facing violent opposition. Today, with mainstream support for women's voting, becoming a suffragist requires no bravery—it's merely "the sheer weight of inertia." She suggests the movement has lost its moral edge as it gains respectability. **The Tone:** Sardonic and cutting. Judge uses Etz's column to both mock anti-suffrage arguments *and* critique how suffragism has become fashionable rather than principled. The page primarily contains advertisements; the suffrage content appears subsidiary.
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