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Playing up the moral character and work ethic of women, more and more people began to publicly call for women's enfranchisement. This cartoon favourably compares the moral compass of a woman at home caring for her family - who cannot vote - with the man who is drinking at a bar, who can vote.

Black and white illustration. A foul looking man, portrayed in dark colours against a dark background, slumps in a chair in front of a large liquor bottle. In a thought cloud above, a woman scrubs a floor on her knees, white background. — (*The Halifax Herald*, 12 October 1912.)

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