Propaganda is a tool used to bring attention to certain issues.
During the suffrage movement, there were those who supported women’s right to vote and those who opposed the right for Women to Vote. Pro-suffrage propaganda idealized the future in which all were created equal, while anti-suffrage propaganda foretold a future of complete societal break down.
Political cartoons were published in newspapers and inspired new songs and music to garner support for both sides. Scroll through the gallery to learn more!
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![Mind the baby, I Must Vote To-day](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587aab2a2e69cf994526f149/1590687415689-HEFTR1MYL2REMTJKFMC4/mind+the+bby.png)
![Women's Work for Women. 'The Sky's the Limit.'](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587aab2a2e69cf994526f149/1590687412903-A1O2IELWSSRZEPVE65OE/the+sky+is+now+the+limit.png)
![These poor Kewpie Dolls! The one on the right is broken-hearted since they are a girl baby they will be “taxed without representation”. Where have we heard that saying before! Propaganda pulls from successful campaigns of the past. “No taxation](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587aab2a2e69cf994526f149/1590688835183-6TB7FYQ19C5FXILED45K/loc+kewpies.jpg)
![How the West Led the Way](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587aab2a2e69cf994526f149/1590687450625-O4DR1PIJ2TIN73G89QF3/the+west+led+the+way+suffrage+map.png)
![This map from 1919 is another representation of the which states granted the women the right to vote. Note which states were first!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587aab2a2e69cf994526f149/1590687445974-998F0VD225WABUWDDDRA/1919+victory+map.jpg)
![It was not as simple as men vs. women for suffrage. Many men supported the women’s right to vote and many women did not want the right to vote. Some claimed a women’s place was in the home and there were too hysterical and emotional to vote.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587aab2a2e69cf994526f149/1590688405472-7LVRH960OOI5W9J73LRU/Annotation+2020-05-28+125255.png)
![Poster created by Nina Allender National Woman’s Party Collection Circa 1913](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587aab2a2e69cf994526f149/1590687452766-HJD43FOK3AN495ZPRO0R/Poster+1.png)
![This poster created by Nina Allender shows a young woman lecturing a donkey about how the political parties are not meeting the needs of their citizens.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587aab2a2e69cf994526f149/1590777019478-CHB0R9N7LWKMXKQQY5JX/suf+3.png)
![In this poster, Allender is drawing comparisons between President Lincoln handing the emancipation proclamation to enslaved Americans and the U.S. Constitution being held out of reach of women. Nina Allender. Published in The Suffragist (January](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587aab2a2e69cf994526f149/1590777016818-ZJWE5QN5JF22BW6O0KUU/suf1.png)
![There are countless photographs of women protesting. This Allender poster commemorates these women. Often protest signs would contain quotes from leaders of the movement or taking the words of the political leaders. This banner features the Call to](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587aab2a2e69cf994526f149/1590777018426-NAB49OBGV3LZFQKGIOTV/suf2.png)
![By 1918, unofficial vote counts of senators supporting the woman suffrage amendment revealed a deficit of just two votes. In this June 1918 cartoon by Nina Allender, a woman dressed as a soldier stands over a man representing the Senate. The man hol](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587aab2a2e69cf994526f149/1590777020353-OOVAN32GC5N4DKN8PF7N/suf4.png)
![As with any fight for human rights, women were willing to sacrifice and go to incredible lengths to have their voices heard. The caption reads “President Wilson says, ‘Godspeed to the Cause’”, while the board asks exactly what the President will do](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/587aab2a2e69cf994526f149/1590777019750-QYBVEWV656BTOUQTBH5J/suf3.png)