Life — September 10, 1914 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis of "Women and War" (Life Magazine, Page 426) This page critiques women's contradictory positions on war. The article questions why women permit wars yet don't stop them, suggesting they should collectively strike and refuse war work. It argues women suffer war's consequences most severely—supplying soldiers and bearing grief—yet receive no protest credit when war is declared. The two illustrations support this theme: the upper image shows mourners at President Roosevelt's tomb, depicting feminine grief over war casualties. The lower cartoon depicts two women fishing, with dialogue about using worms as bait—a crude analogy satirizing women's perceived passivity in allowing men to be "used" in warfare. The "Experts" section shifts to newspaper accuracy during wartime, offering light relief from the serious preceding argument.