Men Caring for Babies! The Horror! Visions from the Early 20th Century (The Atlantic)
One of 12 cards issued by the firm Dunston-Weiler, this 1909 version of the Suffrage Madonna was part of a series that highlighted fears that “somehow giving votes to women would mean that male and female gender roles would be completely overturned,” Florey told The Atlantic. “If women got the vote, women would be going out in business and men would be forced to take care of the households” – part of a “general fear working on male insecurity.”
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