Pennant with slogan "Suffragette Coppette / Who would resist arrest?" [Circa 1909-1915]
Anti-suffrage
Pennants
Policewomen
Satire
Slogans
Women--Political activity
White on orange felt pennant with illustration of a young woman dressed as a police officer, holding a rolling pin, with a small dog at her side.
The woman has her hands on her hips. She is wearing gloves and her belt is cinched around her waist to make the uniform more form-fitting; she is also wearing high heels. The number on her hat and on the rose on her chest, is 138.
A similar image appeared in a 1909 anti-suffrage postcard series produced by Dunston-Weiler Lithograph Company of New York. The Lewis collection includes the postcard.
There are no manufacturer marks on this pennant.
[Circa 1909-1915]
Felt (textile)
English
MEMR.1909.03
Portland Transcript. Vol. 27, no. 28. October 22, 1853
Cumberland County (Me.)--Newspapers
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
Portland (Me.)--Newspapers
Portland Transcript
Westbrook (Me.)--Newspapers
The Portland Transcript was published weekly from 1849 to 1910. Its tagline was "An independent family journal of literature, news, &c."
This issue contains an article entitled "Nathaniel Hawthorne on women's rights." In his short statement (p. 221) the author contends that women should remain within their own proper sphere: "Her place is at man's side. Her office, that of sympathizer; the unreserved, unquestioning believer . . . . The heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it."
Portland (Me.): Gould & Elwell
1853-10-22
English
Text
ALMS.1853.
Portland, Cumberland, Westbrook, Maine
Puck Magazine, cover : "A.D. 1915 - with Puck's apologies to the 'coming woman'" by Frederick Opper. Vol. 37, No. 939. March 6, 1895
Cartoons (Commentary)--1890-1900
Magazine covers--1890-1900
Men--Domestic life--1890-1900
Suffrage--United States--Caricature and cartoons
Women--Clothing & dress--1890-1900
Women--Social life--1890-1900
Women in men's clothing
Full color cartoon published on the cover 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 poorly dressed woman, "Dusty Maude," addressing a man, the "Timid Househusband,"who is wearing an apron and holding an infant, standing at the front door of his home. In the background, a dog with its tail between its legs, enters a doghouse to hide.
Caption:
Dusty Maude: Is dere any lady-folks about de house?
Timid Househusband: No-o - no, ma'am; - they have all gone to a primary meeting.
Dusty Maude: Den set out de best dere is in de pantry, an' don't do any screamin', or I'll clip yer whiskers!
Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937, artist
New York : Keppler & Schwarzmann
1895-03-06
2 p.
English
PERI.1895.02
Life Magazine, cover : "Nowadays" by William Henry Walker. Vol. 36, No. 677. December 19, 1895
Cartoons (Commentary)--1890-1900
Magazine covers--1890-1900
Men--Domestic life--1890-1900
Suffrage--United States--Caricature and cartoons
Women--Clothing & dress--1890-1900
Women--Social life--1890-1900
Women in men's clothing
Cartoon published on the cover of Life Magazine.
Illustration shows a woman standing in front of a mirror tying her necktie. In the background, her husband stands at the open door looking on.
Caption: Nowadays. "My dear Susan, I wish you would keep your trowsers on your own side of the closet."
Walker, William Henry, 1871-1938
New York : Mitchell & Miller
1895-12-19
2 p.
English
PERI.1895.01
Puck magazine, centerfold : "At the Emancipated Women's Club." C.J. Taylor. Vol 39, No. 990. February 26, 1896
Cartoons (Commentary)--1890-1900
Men--Domestic life--1890-1900
Suffrage--United States--Caricature and cartoons
Women--Social life--1890-1900
Full color cartoon 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 a woman seated in a room where many other women are gathered, reading a piece of paper as a young woman looks on. The seated woman's husband is standing at the door with three children.
Caption: At the Emancipated Women's Club.
Page: "Your husband wants to see you, Mum. He says the baby's tooth is through at last, and he had to come and show it to you, Mum!".
Taylor, C.J. (Taylor, Charles Jay), 1855-1929
New York, Keppler & Schwarzmann
1896-02-26
2 p.
English
PERI.1896.02
Puck magazine : "And Yet She Asks For Her Rights!" W.J. Glackens. May 1, 1912
Cartoons (Commentary)--1890-1900
Suffrage--United States--Caricature and cartoons
Social role
Role reversal
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 office and a man being beaten for attempting the same thing.
Caption: And yet she asks for her rights.
"Woman never lets a little thing like a waiting line interfere with her going to a ticket window."
"What would happen to a man if he butted in at the head of a line like Woman does?"
Glackens, LM (Louis M.), 1866-193
New York : Keppler & Schwarzmann
1912-05-01
1 p.
English
PERI.1912.05