Votes for Women

Title

Votes for Women

Creator

Leighton Budd, American illustrator, active early 20th century

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."

Source

Delaware Art Museum

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,” Delaware Art Museum, Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives Digital Exhibitions, accessed March 28, 2024, https://delartlibrary.omeka.net/items/show/346.