Everett True Comics

706 readers

56 users here now

A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

founded 3 months ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

152

Is Everett True an intelligent voter? (November 3, 1920) (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

11 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Printed 104 years ago today in The West Virginian. Image slightly cleaned up, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site. Feel free to post something yourself!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago

I mean, the use of violence as a solution is basically the running gag of most True comics, so I generally give it a pass even if it's unnecessary or excessive.

I think it still serves the point. Without any research, I'm not sure if this is in reference to an actual vote being held around the time of publication, but given the context clues, it's clearly a vote that serves to benefit women in a time where women's rights were absolutely at the forefront of the conversation.

Looking it up, this is a little over 2 months after the 19th amendment. This was such a huge time period for women getting on the same footing as men that I'm sure many women whose husbands weren't helping their wives and daughters would resonate with the feelings expressed here.