Life, 1910-07-14 · page 17 of 40
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This page satirizes the women's suffrage movement through mock dictionary definitions and cartoons. The top illustration shows suffragettes as aggressive, chaotic figures disrupting public order—wielding hat-pins and causing mayhem while respectable citizens flee. The "manual" parodies suffragettes as extremists, defining their tactics as "bribery," "demonstration" (violent storming of legislatures), and "Pankhurstian" (referencing Emmeline Pankhurst, the militant British suffrage leader). The lower cartoon depicts two men discussing suffragettes, with one warning another to "trouble you for a match"—suggesting women's activism is an absurd nuisance. The closing definition mocks marriage equality, reducing women's rights to domestic arrangements. Overall, Life ridicules suffragettes as unreasonable, violent troublemakers rather than legitimate political reformers—a common anti-suffrage argument of the era.
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