Judge, 1921-07-02 · page 3 of 36
Judge — July 2, 1921 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Cover, July 2, 1921 This cartoon satirizes women's voting behavior following the 19th Amendment's ratification (August 1920). The caption "O Say, Can You See?" references the national anthem, while the subtitle describes "Mrs. Strong" as "one of the most emancipated of women" who "throws off the yoke completely" and does "nearly everything else." The scene depicts a formal social gathering where a confident woman in fashionable dress stands prominently among formally-dressed men and women. The satire suggests that newly-enfranchised women were abandoning traditional social conventions along with voting rights—a common contemporary anxiety that women's liberation would extend beyond politics into all social behavior. The cartoon reflects early-1920s ambivalence about women's expanded freedoms.
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JUDGE “THE HAPPY eMEDIUM” VoLuME 81 7.00 A YEAR NuMBER 2070 New York, JuLy 2, 1921 15 Cents a Copy “O Say, Can You SEE?” “Mrs. STRONG IS ONE OF THE MOST EMANCIPATED OF WOMEN. SHE'S THROWN OFF THE YOKE COMPLETELY.” “AND NEARLY EVERYTHING ELSE.” comicbooks.com