Life, 1910-03-17 · page 14 of 36
Life — March 17, 1910 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page satirizes the women's suffrage movement circa 1910s America. **Top cartoon:** "Song of the Advanced Maidens" mocks female suffragettes as rejecting traditional romance and domesticity, pursuing instead political power ("To rule and to vote is our dream"). The elegantly dressed women are depicted as abandoning men and "obsolete love" for ambition—a common anti-suffrage caricature portraying feminism as unnatural. **Bottom cartoon:** The caption "The Lady-Bug Suffragettes Are Parading To-Day" makes a pun, conflating actual suffrage marches with insects. This trivializes women's political activism as frivolous or absurd. **"Magazine Predictions" text:** Uses weather metaphors to forecast *Life* magazine's March content, casually including "a balmy suffragette article" alongside unrelated topics, suggesting suffrage coverage as predictable monthly filler rather than serious political commentary. The overall tone is dismissive—positioning women's voting rights as amusing social folly rather than legitimate political demand.
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SONG OF THE. ADVANCED MAIDENS Onward! still onward! to regions above, Where dominant mind is supreme. Who cares now for men or for obsolete love? To rule and to vote is our dream pages on the Scnate or the tariff. The last few pages will be blustry with personal talks by the editor and strong winds of self-praise. Homer Croy. Magazine Predictions for March HEAVY muck-raking storm will form on the first page and sweep over the entire eastern and northeastern part of the . followed by light editorial flurries. After the first few pages there will follow a spell of mild fiction, with varying illustrations, Close on this will be an unsettled condition of protest articles during several consecutive pages, followed by a rain of criticism, with flashes of indignation and editorial thunder. After this there will be a poetical lull, with much mention of green buds, twittering birds and nod- ding crocuses. Following this there will be a sudden Public Problem squall, which will give way after four or five page to a Human Interest calm, Then expect a mild woman's story with bits of sunshine. About the middle look out for a raging Cost of Living storm, which will gather at Washing- ton, D. C., and spread rapidly all over the United States, with greatest severity in and around New York. During the spring equinox sudden changes will mark the pages, varying from southern breezes of houschold humor to fierce north- western gales on the Trust Problem. Following this a few pages of a balmy suffragette article. Then a short cold snap on the Rights of the Working Man. This will give way to a “WeLLo, WHAT'S THAT?” low barometer of stage comment followed by a few sultry “THE LADY-RUG SUPFRAGETTES ARE PARADING TO-DAY. comicbooks.com