"The Inevitable Result to the American Workingman of Unrestricted Immigration"
This cartoon, published in the weekly humor magazine Judge around 1890, presents a vision of what large numbers of poor immigrants, willing to work for low wages, might do to American workers and their families.
Item Type: Cartoon
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)
"Votes for Women"
Those opposed to women’s suffrage claimed that participating in politics would expose women to the sort of immorality and corruption from which they were usually shielded in their traditional role as housewives. Such charges conveniently [...]