Thursday, 19 April 2012

Women's Suffrage

THE DOOR STEADILY OPENS


The broom reads "women's suffrage" and each of the men at the table are labeled with things such as "special privilege" and "vice". I like the devil in the background serving drinks. Of course the idea is that by allowing the woman into the room, she will be able to sweep out corruption from society. Corruption fueled primarily by alcohol, as in 1900 prohibition was seen as a woman's response to a man's problem. Interesting...

Many of the cartoons that I use in class were taken from this book by Charles Hou (former Socials 10 teacher in BC):


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