Women with rights: how we used to imagine them in the past

I found out a collection of different illustrations from the late 19th century and early 20th of how men thought about what would happen if women had the right to vote.

This illustration appeared in 1908 in a magazine at the time, and it can be seen how women smoked and played within a victorian saloon while they ignore children.

Between 1890 and early 1900 many images like this one were released and distributed in USA and UK. The message was clear: women with rights are dangerous, and it can be result in a nightmarish society.

The next examples are just ridiculous from a contemporary perspective: