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  • Tags: Gender roles

PERI-1912-05 Asks for her Rights.jpg
Full color caricatures published on page 16 of Puck magazine, a weekly humor magazine first published in 1871 until 1918. This page has been removed from the original issue.

Illustration shows a woman going ahead of a waiting line at a ticket…

PERI-1912.04 Puck Don't cross line.jpg
Cartoon and satirical article published in Puck magazine, a weekly humor magazine first published in 1871 until 1918. This page was removed from the original issue.

The illustration shows a woman standing in the middle of a box with a dotted line,…

PERI-1913-07-10 Cartoons.jpg
Reproductions of drawings by John Clubb, William O'Loughlin, Ralph Wilder, and Guy Spencer, originally published in the Rochester Herald, Portland Telegram, Chicago Record Herald, and Omaha World Herald.

The cartoons depict the National American…

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In a letter addressed to Mrs. Robert Garrett, president of the Maryland Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, Cardinal James Gibbons discusses the reasons for his opposition to woman's right to vote.

PERI-1914-01 Life In 1950.jpg
Page from an issue of Life Magazine with cartoon by artist, A.B. Walker containing humorous predictions about what life may be like in 1950. The drawing contains many vignettes of women in 1950, including: a woman president of the United States, the…

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Flier listing objections to woman's suffrage and responses to refute those statements, "People Say . . . We Say . . . "

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Flier distributed by the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage emphasizing woman's duty to her family and her children.

PERI-1910-13 Are Women Inferior.jpg
Editorial refuting the pro-suffrage idea that women are inferior to men and should be granted the right to vote to gain equality with men. The author argues that most women do not consider themselves inferior, but rather acknowledged and respected as…

PERI-1913-11 Charlotte Tribune Suffrage Notes.jpg
Column, entitled "Suffrage Notes." The author describes a talk given by Herbert Miller, Professor of Sociology at Olivet College, in support of votes for women.

DOCU-1920-02 Modern Woman.jpg
Caricature of a woman wearing a "Women's Rights" sash, holding a ballot. On one side are her children and on the other, the ballot box. Along the top are a series of voting booths, showing only the lower portion with people's legs and feet.

The…
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