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Collection Reference Number GLC05703
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1849 
Title Scraps no. 1, 1849. New Series
Date 1849
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description Cartoons satirizing changing social mores, especially the changing role of women in society and politics. Includes cartoons showing men asking permission of wives and mothers before engaging in activities and a gallant woman proposing to a bashful young man, who says he must ask his mother's permission. Lithographed. Imprint reads: "Sketched, Etched and Published By D. C. Johnston." Stab stitched with original yellow wrappers.
Subjects Humor and Satire  Women's History  Marriage  Education  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Women in American History; Education
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859