I’m approaching two years here on SuperI.T.C.H., during which what examples of Women’s Suffrage cartoons I’ve shown have basically been in March, during Women’s History Month. However, female suffrage appeared frequently as a subject in Cartoons Magazine, so count on seeing a few examples throughout this year, as I continue to post month-by-month extracts in honor of that magazine’s centennial anniversary. Above, from the January 1912 issue, is a page of cartoons from three different cities, where in each, city mayors are finding themselves confronted by the power of women, whether they yet have the right to vote or not.

Below, simultaneous to presenting the issue of Women’s Suffrage, Cartoons Magazine (as representative of the nation’s newspapers and magazines in general), would in the same publication, present women as generally concerned with fashion, and competing in it against each other. This could — in publications of that time — subtly undercut any pro-suffrage cartoons. Showing both here together — as they were back in the day — gives a more complete view of the overall atmosphere and culture.

Each of the below cartoons, originated in European publications. But they also appeared in various American newspapers and magazines, as many were in the habit of regularly running a few translated foreign cartoons.

Click on the above & below pictures, to view them in detail, and read the captions.

Finally, below, an image that would have been great for next month’s Valentine’s and Super Bowl. An All the Year Sport, depicts a young woman of the Age, as heart breaker, punting men’s hearts.

Doug Wheeler

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