Module 02: Should Women Vote? The Politics of Suffrage

Evidence 20: "Hereditary Instinct" From Punch, January 6, 1909

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Questions to Consider

  • What is this cartoon saying about the women involved in the suffrage campaign?

  • What is the relationship between the woman on the left, the child in the middle, and the woman on the right?

  • What does the caption indicate about the cartoon's position relative to the question of voting and the suffrage campaign?

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Woman talking to crying baby that represents women?s suffrage movement.

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Caption:
Hereditary Instinct.

Source:
"Hereditary Instinct," Punch, 136 (6 Jan 1909):5.

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