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I just didn't realize I was so bad off, 1963 US cartoon: A well-dressed woman in a fur wrap and pearls is surrounded by boxes

I just didn't realize I was so bad off

A well-dressed woman in a fur wrap and pearls is surrounded by boxes and appliances labelled 'Air Conditioner', 'Hi-Fi', 'Pre-Cooked Dinner', 'T-V', 'Deep Freeze', 'Electric Dishwasher', 'Automatic Laundry' and 'Radio', beside a convertible with a '2nd Car' plate, and holds a paper reading "J.F.K.'s Commission to Study Status of American Women Reports: 'They Still Get the Worst of It'". The tell is contrast: abundance set against the headline; card-stacking is a weak fit.

Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

Card stacking
Date
October 14, 1963
Period
Cold War
Made by
Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
Region
North America
Country
United States
Medium
Cartoon
Issuer type
Media
Regime
Kennedy Administration
Leader
John F. Kennedy
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Persuade or win support
Themes
Gender and suffrage, Economy and finance
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
U.S. National Archives (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons, retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights
Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743302 (NAID 5743302).

Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

AIR CONDITIONER
HI-FI
PRE-COOKED DINNER
T-V
DEEP FREEZE
ELECTRIC DISHWASHER
AUTOMATIC LAUNDRY
RADIO
2nd CAR
J.F.K.'s COMMISSION TO STUDY STATUS OF AMERICAN WOMEN REPORTS: "THEY STILL GET THE WORST OF IT"

JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR

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