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title: '"Fairy Godmother, W.W." (The Suffragist, cover, 4 December 1915)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fairy-godmother-wilson-suffragist-1915/
description: President Wilson, dressed as a fairy godmother, waves a wand over a pumpkin marked 'Constitutional Amendment' and caged mice marked Senate and House.
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# "Fairy Godmother, W.W." (The Suffragist, cover, 4 December 1915)

President Wilson, dressed as a fairy godmother, waves a wand over a pumpkin marked 'Constitutional Amendment' and caged mice marked Senate and House, while Cinderella in rags watches and two 'Proud Voting Sisters' walk by. The tell: a fairy tale frames a political demand as a story the President could finish with a gesture.

The cover of The Suffragist for 4 December 1915, published in Washington, D.C. by the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage for a domestic audience. President Wilson, dressed as a fairy godmother, waves a wand over a pumpkin marked 'Constitutional Amendment' and caged mice marked Senate and House, while Cinderella in rags watches and two 'Proud Voting Sisters' walk by. It presses for a federal amendment. Transfer borrows a fairy tale to frame a political demand as a story the President could finish with a gesture.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

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[← Veröffentlichungen des deutschen General-Gouvernements (Cavell notice, Brussels)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/general-gouvernement-cavell-notice-brussels-1915/) [Il Popolo d'Italia, N. 343, front page, upper half (Milan, 11 December 1915): "L'ultimo conato parecchista alla Camera" →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/il-popolo-d-italia-parecchisti-camera-1915/)

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