I Didn't Raise My Girl to Be a Voter
Merle De Vore Johnson · 1915
Why it's great
An anti-suffrage poster from 1915, made by opponents of women voting, borrows the title of a famous song. It shows what the suffragists were up against.
🏛️ Part of history
Votes for Women (1848–1928) — An anti-suffrage poster from 1915, made by opponents of women voting, borrows the title of a famous song.
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Merle De Vore Johnson was an American illustrator born in Oregon City in 1874. He drew posters and magazine covers and later became a well-known collector of rare books. He lived in New York and died there in 1935.
