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title: '"The Awakening" (Puck centerfold, 20 February 1915)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/awakening-puck-1915/
description: A torch-bearing woman labelled 'Votes for Women' strides eastward across a map of the United States, the western states shaded where women already vote.
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# "The Awakening" (Puck centerfold, 20 February 1915)

A torch-bearing woman labelled 'Votes for Women' strides eastward across a map of the United States, the western states shaded where women already vote, toward women reaching out to her. The tell: a map and a Liberty-style figure turn state-by-state lawmaking into a procession that seems certain to go on.

Puck Publishing Corporation ran this centerfold on 20 February 1915, with a poem by Alice Duer Miller beneath. A torch-bearing woman labelled 'Votes for Women' strides eastward across a map of the United States, the western states shaded where women already vote, toward women reaching out to her. Bandwagon and transfer are tagged: the map and a Liberty-style figure turn state-by-state lawmaking into a procession that seems certain to continue.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Full record

Region, Country, Medium, Issuer type, Regime, Leader, Audience, Purpose, Themes, Event, Source, Rights

[← "Women are too sentimental for jury duty" -- Anti-Suffrage argument (Puck cartoon)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/women-too-sentimental-jury-duty-puck-1915/) ["Making the Polls Attractive to the Anti-Suffragists" (Puck, 20 February 1915) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/making-polls-attractive-to-anti-suffragists-puck-1915/)

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