Artists devised numerous ways to get their
points across. Here, in an April 1912 cartoon, an artist comments on the existing
inequalities in the drafting and enforcing of laws. Lou Rogers entitled this cartoon,
"Correcting an Error."
Notice that the strong woman, identified as
"Modern Justice" and dressed in ancient Greek clothing, is helping a much
smaller man edit the phrases to include "and women." Does the man look happy to
make these alterations?
The word "modern" appears in
several of these cartoons. Do you think that is a mere coincidence or does that help us
understand a more subtle part of the argument? Why do you think the writing appears
on stone tablets? What might this have symbolized to its audience?
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