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This page presents two satirical features mocking early 20th-century gender roles and women's labor. **"Mrs. Pep's Diary"** (top) parodies society women's self-absorbed diaries, presenting a wealthy woman's trivial concerns—eye exams, new shoes, dining out—in mock-serious language. The satire targets affluent women's disconnection from meaningful life. **"Historic Working Girls"** (two cartoon panels below) depicts women in actual labor: the top cartoon shows a woman being ordered about by a serpent (likely representing male authority or capitalism), while the bottom shows "Lucrezia Borgia" running "Ye Olde Tea Shoppe"—a joke equating women's historical infamy with contemporary service work. These cartoons mock both the romanticization of "historic" women and the economic reality that forces modern women into low-wage service jobs, contrasting sharply with the diary's wealthy protagonist. The juxtaposition critiques class divisions among women circa World War I.

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