Satirizing Anti-Suffragists
Ralph Barton (1891-1931)
"Making the Polls Attractive to
Anti-Suffragists"
in Puck. (New York: February 20, 1915)
Prints & Photographs
Division
Copyright deposit, 1915 (97A.11)
LC-USZC2-1208
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In this cartoon, caricaturist Ralph Barton depicts an anti-suffragist
pushing aside her ballot in favor of playing cards, while her fellow
upper-class revelers prefer dancing and socializing to voting. Only
one woman has taken the time to cast her ballot. This cartoon appeared
in the journal Puck's woman suffrage issue, "under
the editorial direction of a committee of the leading suffragists
in America." Puck continued to support equal suffrage
and satirize its opponents in subsequent issues. The journal ceased
publication in 1918, two years before suffrage for women was won.
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