Meanwhile They Drown [editorial cartoon by Blanche Ames Ames]
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Title
Meanwhile They Drown [editorial cartoon by Blanche Ames Ames]
Description
Suffrage cartoon by "B. Ames, 1915" (Blanche Ames Ames) from the Saturday, June 5, 1915 issue of Woman's Journal and Suffrage News, Vol. 46, No.23
Image Description:
Man standing on a deck, holds a life preserver marked Votes for Women. He says, "When All women want it, I will throw it to them."
Nearby a Woman identified as an Antisuffragist, sits and says, "We don't need it."
In the water, women and children struggle against waves marked, "White Slaver," "Sweat Shop," "Disease" and "Filth."
Image Description:
Man standing on a deck, holds a life preserver marked Votes for Women. He says, "When All women want it, I will throw it to them."
Nearby a Woman identified as an Antisuffragist, sits and says, "We don't need it."
In the water, women and children struggle against waves marked, "White Slaver," "Sweat Shop," "Disease" and "Filth."
Creator
Ames, Blanche Ames
Source
M 9 Box 229, Adèle Goodman Clark papers, 1849-1978, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Date
1915 June 5
Contributor
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Rights
This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Notes
Learn more:
Wielding the Pen: Editorial Cartooning for Social Reform, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Suffrage, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Women cartoonists, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Editorial cartoons, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Wielding the Pen: Editorial Cartooning for Social Reform, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Suffrage, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Women cartoonists, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Editorial cartoons, Social Welfare History Image Portal
Collection
Citation
Ames, Blanche Ames, “Meanwhile They Drown [editorial cartoon by Blanche Ames Ames],” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed April 26, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/122.