Throughout history , there were mass who did not need women to vote . woman would work , they would ante up taxes , they would technically be considered citizen … but ballot was for men . In America , when the right wing to vote was extended to include all races , all social positions , and all incomes , charwoman were still not include . It did n’t matter if a human beings was illiterate , had been to jail , or if he was the townspeople drunk . He could vote , and a cleaning lady , no matter who she was , could not .
woman suffragists ( suffragettes ) begin take the field in democratic res publica all over the earthly concern to change this , start in the mid-19th C . Their hunting expedition were for the most part peaceful and self-respecting … at least by twenty-first 100 monetary standard . But by nineteenth hundred standards , these women were abhorrent and indecent , making fools of themselves by demand to be treated like men .
1 . " Did I save my state for this ? "
discover the cartoonhere .
2. “What I Would Do With the Suffragists”
3. “Origin and Development of a Suffragette”
4. “Nobody Loves Me”
5. “The Suffragette Bar”
6. “Suffragette Vote Getting”
7. “For a Suffragette”
To spare you the squinting , this reads : " The Ducking - Stool and a squeamish mystifying pool were our fore - fathers plan for a scold , and could I have my agency , each Suffragette to - day , Should ' take the chair ' and find the water moth-eaten . " get hold the full cartoonhere .
8. “I want to Vote, but my wife won’t let me”
9. “Afternoon Tea”
This political cartoon depicts what life was like for imprisoned suffragettes . One full-grown long political party for " martyred " socialites . come up the cartoonhere .
10. “Darns her men, but not her sox”
11. “An Up-to-Date Suffragette”
In this toon , we see a suffragette wear another traditionally male duty , much to the erotic delight of the man around her .
12. “No votes. Thank you.”
Notice the gawky , manic suffragette running behind the self-collected and graceful pillar of true womanhoodin this toon . The substance being , arealwoman wants no part of anything as basis as politics .
Some of these cartoons are courtesy ofWoman Suffrage Memorabilia , curated by generator Kenneth Florey , writer ofWomen ’s Suffrage Memorabilia : An Illustrated Historical Study .
