Refusing to give the lady a seat,William Edgar Borah,Henry Cabot Lodge,c1919
Title: Refusing to give the lady a seat
Creator(s): Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952, artist
Date Created/Published: [between 1919 and 1920]
Summary: Cartoon shows the figure of Peace as a pretty woman, standing in the aisle of a train or bus, while Senators Borah, Lodge, and Johnson occupy the seats. The cartoon refers to the successful efforts of the Republican isolationists after World War I to block Senate ratification of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the League of Nations. The cartoonist suggests that the failure of the United States to join the League is a blow to the prospects for peace.
Notes:
(DLC/PP-1944:0008.12)
Probably published in: New York World.
jr / 860509; ljr / 970515.
Subjects:
Borah, William Edgar,--1865-1940.
Lodge, Henry Cabot,--1850-1924.
Johnson, Hiram,--1866-1945.
International relations--United States--1910-1920.
Peace--1910-1920.
Drawings.
Editorial cartoons--American.
Bookmark /acd1996004670/PP/
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