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The Puck Magazine Suffrage Issue
Puck magazine, Vol. 77, No. 1981, February 20, 1915.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Cartoons, Illustration, Magazines
The satirical magazine Puck was one of the most influential American publications of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Making liberal use of cartoons and drawings, Puck gave its […] Read More
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Anti-suffrage Poster: The Red Behind the Yellow, 1915
New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, 1915, Max Eastman Collection II, Lilly LIbrary, University of Indiana
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Posters
This poster urges readers to vote against a proposed—and ultimately unsuccessful—1915 amendment to the New York State Constitution, which would have granted women the right to vote. It equates support […] Read More
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Film: “A Busy Day” (originally titled The Militant Suffragette), 1914
A Busy Day. Director: Mack Sennett. Performer: Charlie Chaplin. Keystone, 1914.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Video
A Busy Day (1914) is Charlie Chaplin’s first female impersonation film. In this short film, Chaplin plays a “militant suffragette” who is jealous of her husband’s flirting with another woman […] Read More
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George Creel, “Chivalry Versus Justice”
George Creel, Pamphlet. "Chivalry v. Justice," National Woman's Suffrage Publishing, April 1915.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Magazines, Newspapers, Pamphlets, Sketches
Until April of 1917, when George Creel became the head of the Committee on Public Information as the United States entered World War I, he was an active member of […] Read More
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The Catherine H. Palczewski Suffrage Postcard Archive
at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Cartoons, Illustration, Newspapers, Postcards, Sketches
This website provides a virtual tour of my archive of suffrage postcards. It is meant to provide a resource for scholars researching the visual images associated with the struggle for […] Read More
Secondary Source
Thesis: Changes in Newspaper Portrayals of Women, 1900-1960
Laurel Wilson. Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects. Western Kentucky University, Paper 328, 2011.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Academic Paper
This undergraduate thesis shows how mainstream newspapers depicted women in the first half of the 20th century, and how these portrayals changed along with society’s views of women during this […] Read More