The world turned upside down? A typical anti-suffrage cartoon warns that tampering with
men’s and women’s ‘natural’ gender roles could cause the breakdown of society – or at
least screaming babies, burnt dinners and cats in the milk jug.
Alexander Turnbull Library Reference: F31495-1/2 Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library,
National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any reuse of this
image.
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'Cartoon against women's suffrage', URL:
https://nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/anti-womens-suffrage-cartoon, (Ministry for Culture and
Heritage), updated 23-Dec-2013
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