Module 02: Should Women Vote? The Politics of Suffrage

Evidence 11: "Justice/Equality" From Suffragette, December 7, 1912

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Questions to Consider

  • What message does the cartoon below convey?

  • Why are the terms on the left of the image (Ignorance, Unequal Laws, White Slave Traffic, Intemperance, Prejudice, Sweating, Fear, Tyranny, Monopoly) in darkness, as opposed to the term Equality on the right?

  • What symbols are associated with the woman in the center?

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Warrior suffragette standing on the world with equality represented as the sun rising on the right.

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Source:
"Justice/Equality," Suffragette 1(11) (7 Dec 1912).

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