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title: '"The Genii of Intolerance: A Dangerous Ally for the Cause of Women Suffrage" (Puck, 25 September 1915)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/genii-of-intolerance-puck-1915/
description: A giant labelled 'Prohibition' rises from a bottle marked with injustice, intolerance and hypocrisy and tears at a banner reading 'Votes for Women' while
section: Collection
---

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# "The Genii of Intolerance: A Dangerous Ally for the Cause of Women Suffrage" (Puck, 25 September 1915)

A giant labelled 'Prohibition' rises from a bottle marked with injustice, intolerance and hypocrisy and tears at a banner reading 'Votes for Women' while a woman flees. The tell: the danger is drawn as a looming monster, with the label on the bottle as the argument.

A cartoon from Puck, published by the Puck Publishing Corporation in New York on 25 September 1915. A giant labelled 'Prohibition' rises from a bottle marked with injustice, intolerance and hypocrisy and tears at a banner reading 'Votes for Women' while a woman flees. The title calls the temperance movement a dangerous ally for the suffrage cause, and that is the cartoon's position. Fear appeal is tagged because the danger is staged as a looming monster, with the labels on the bottle serving as the argument.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Full record

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

[← Le Canard enchaîné, no. 1, front page (Paris, 10 September 1915): "Pour faire un Journal en 1915"](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canard-enchaine-no1-1915/) ["I did not raise my girl to be a voter" →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/puck-did-not-raise-my-girl-1915/)

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