Life, 1922-06-22 · page 21 of 34
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This single-panel cartoon satirizes class-based prejudice and superficial judgment among women. The scene shows two women at a women's club discussing a speech by Mrs. Blakeley. One woman dismisses the speaker's credibility entirely—not because of her arguments, but because Mrs. Blakeley "obviously makes her own hats." The joke targets the social snobbery of the era: making one's own clothing was associated with lower economic status or lack of leisure time. A "respectable" upper-class woman would have a milliner make her hats. The cartoon mocks how wealthy women could be so preoccupied with visible markers of class distinction that they'd ignore substance entirely. It's satirizing the vapidity and rigid class consciousness of female social circles, suggesting that even a good speech counts for nothing if the speaker's clothing betrays insufficient wealth.
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