Politics was seen as a dirty business, and many people believed that when women had the vote they would clean it up. The man being thoroughly scrubbed in this 1893 cartoon wears a badge saying ‘MHR’ (Member of the House of Representatives), while the woman is saying, ‘You dirty boy!’
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Manatū Taonga – Ministry for Culture and Heritage, History Group
Reference:
New Zealand Graphic, 18 November 1893
Cartoon by Ashley Hunter
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