Life — September 26, 1912 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Life Magazine Page Analysis (1848) This page contains a photographic scene titled "The Pastor Visits His Sunday-School Superintendent" at top, showing what appears to be a domestic interior visit. Below is a satirical cartoon depicting a divorce proceeding. A woman tells a judge "I want a divorce. My wife here is a suffragette." The judge responds "That is not sufficient cause," with a lengthy caption sarcastically listing the woman's wife's accomplishments: she's president of the D.A.R., secretary of the W.C.T.U., and various other organizations and causes. **The joke:** The satire mocks anti-suffrage arguments by showing a husband complaining his activist wife is "too accomplished"—implying that women's organizational and civic involvement is actually admirable, not grounds for divorce. It's pro-suffrage humor targeting those opposing women's rights. The page also includes "Life's Fresh Air Fund" donation acknowledgments.