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This is a cartoon by the German-American cartoonist and animator
Henry Mayer
(1868–1954), entitled
The Awakening
, which first appeared in the magazine
Puck
in February 1915. Published in support of
women's suffrage in the United States
, the cartoon depicts
Lady Liberty
wearing a cape labeled "Votes for Women" and standing astride the states (colored white) that had
granted women the right to vote
. A poem by
Alice Duer Miller
is printed beneath.
Cartoon credit:
Henry Mayer
; restored by
Adam Cuerden
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