Votes for Women

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Title

Votes for Women

Description

Top image:
A group of finely-dressed women are depicted walking to the right. Each woman holds up a letter, spelling out the phrase "Votes for Women."

Middle image:
Met with opposition from two police officers at the right, the women turn back, their signs getting disorganized until the only letters held aloft spell "Frost."

Bottom image:
The women walk back towards the left in a single file line, their letters now reading "No Votes For Em." A woman is depicted at the right lowering her sign with the letter "W."

Creator

Leighton Budd, American illustrator, active early 20th century

Source

Delaware Art Museum, 11 × 7 15/16 in. (27.9 × 20.2 cm)

Publisher

Puck, September 22, 1909

Date

1909

Rights

Public domain

Format

Commercial relief process with hand-coloring, 11 × 7 15/16 in. (27.9 × 20.2 cm)

Citation

Leighton Budd, American illustrator, active early 20th century, “Votes for Women,” Seeing Suffrage at the Delaware Art Museum, accessed April 20, 2024, https://delartlibrary2.omeka.net/items/show/8.