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The genii of intolerance A dangerous ally for the cause of women suffrage / Cesare. – Historic Print

The genii of intolerance A dangerous ally for the cause of women suffrage / Cesare., [1915 Sept. 25] — antique engraving
The genii of intolerance A dangerous ally for the cause of women suffrage / Cesare., [1915 Sept. 25]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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In this 1915 cartoon, a genie of intolerance is cast as a dangerous ally to the women's suffrage cause, a striking choice for a wood engraving that ties suffrage to the prohibition question. Published in late September 1915, it appeared while suffrage and temperance campaigns were often debated side by side, and many suffragists worried that association with prohibitionist zeal would cost them support among voters. The artist, credited only as Cesare, uses the familiar image of a jinn, a spirit that is hard to control once released, to argue that reformers' intolerance could work against the goals they claimed to share.

Created / published[1915 Sept. 25]
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1910-1920.Cartoons (Commentary) 1910-1920.Wood engravings 1910-1920.
SubjectsWomen's suffrage--United States--1910-1920. Jinns--1910-1920. Prohibition--United States--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,027 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-173487

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