Brief summary of a workshop given by RIT faculty member Hinda Mandel, “Analyze This! Live Textual Analysis of Editorial Cartoons on Women Voters and the 19th Amendment.
In the foreground, "HARDING" (Warren G. Harding) sits on the floor in a little boy's sailor suite, tearing out the pages of a book labeled "LEAGUE OF NATIONS". As the toddler HARDING rips up and crumbles pages, "TAFT" (William Howard Taft) holds one…
A large man labeled "BIG BUSINESS" sits in a dollar sign chair ("$"), smiling at a bird perch. The bird has the human face of "HARDING" (William G. Harding), and is perched and chained to the "G.O.P. PLATFORM". Behind him is a table with scattered…
A man ("VOTER") sits on a stool, smoking a cigarette and looking at a comically large pocketwatch, tagged "THE CAMPAIGN". His hand is to his chin, and he says, "C'MON- HURRY UP!" as the hands of the watch point to "4TH WEEK". Papers lay all about him…
A large man enters a room ("PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN"), smiling and smoking a cigarette with luggage in hand. In one hand he holds a suitcase reading "DEM POLITICS", and in the other "G.O.P. POLITICS" (Grand Old Party- Republican Party). He has a cane,…