Module 02: Should Women Vote? The Politics of Suffrage

Evidence 22: "Another Militant" From Punch, March 19, 1913

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Introduction

This cartoon comments on the widespread use of the term "militant" that resulted from the suffrage campaign.

Questions to Consider

  • What makes the girl a militant?

  • What does the boy know about this term?

  • What is the position taken by the mother?

Document

Mother talking to young son. Small girl in background holding a hoop with an aggressive expression.

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Caption:
Another Militant.
Mother: "So you tried to take her hoop away and she boxed your ears? Well, it served you quite right!" Bobby: "Oh, Mummy, Mummy, you see I didn't know she was a Suffragette!"

Source:
"Another Militant," Punch, 144 (9 March 1913): 222.

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