Virginia Memory, Library of Virginia  The Age of Iron    • The
Age of Iron, Broadside Satirizing Woman Suffrage Movement, 1869
This political cartoon, published in 1869, depict women
participating in public society and traveling from home while
men perform domestic duties. Related documents:   • Society of
Patriotic Ladies   • The Age of Brass     The Age of Brass,
Broadside Satirizing Woman Suffrage Movement, 1869   • Broadside
Satirizing Anti-Suffragists     Broadside Satirizing Anti-
Suffragists, “Making the Polls Attractive to the Anti-
Suffragists,” February 20, 1915   • Nineteenth Amendment
Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, August
18, 1920 « Return to All Men and Women Are Created Equal  The
Age of Iron, Broadside Satirizing Woman Suffrage Movement, 1869
“The Age of Iron” was published by the printing firm of Currier
and Ives of New York in 1869. It satirized the woman suffrage
movement that was gaining widespread support in America during
that time.   Political cartoons were of