Cartoons Make Fun of Women

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com Guide

This cartoon from Puck, 1901, is captioned "A Suggestion to the Buffalo Exposition: - Let Us Have a Chamber of Female Horrors." In the center, as if going through an exhibition, are symbolic (male) world leaders, led by Uncle Sam (United States) and John Bull (Great Britain).

Women and causes depicted include:

• Dr. Mary Walker, in mannish garb
• Belva Lockwood, holding a law book
• Mrs. Faith Healer, arms crossed
• Woman Evangelist, with her finger wagging
• Susan B. Anthony, in the style of a public speaker
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton, also in the style of a public speaker
• Mrs. Lease, holding a rake
• Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Scientist, complete with halo and praing hands
• D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution), with Revolutionary soldier uniform transformed into a dress, with a sword at her side
• "Queen of Holland Dames," looking tired and old
• Carrie Nation of Kansas

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