A tea towel with a vintage illustration titled The Awakening depicts a woman in a toga holding a torch and leading a group across the U.S. map, highlighting newly enfranchised Western states.
Radical Tea Towel

The Awakening Tea Towel

$26.00

Description

This tea towel is based on a cartoon by the artist Henry Mayer published in the humor magazine Puck in 1915 in support of efforts to amend the New York State constitution to allow equal voting rights for women. In Western states, women already had the right to vote. The cartoon portrays the Eastern states’ desire for suffrage as an ‘awakening’. A referendum was held on an amendment to the New York constitution, but it failed. 

Dimensions:

19 x 30 inches

Materials:

100% Premium Cotton with Hanging Loop

Care Instructions:

Machine wash at 110 degrees maximum. We recommend that before you use your tea towel for the first time you wash it at least once to soften up the material and make it more absorbent for drying dishes. 

All items are shipped from the Museum Store in Kansas City, Missouri. 

Items will be fulfilled within 3 days of order placement. Standard shipping times will vary depending on the shipping method chosen at check-out. 

Merchandise may be returned within 14 days of purchase for a refund in the form of original payment.

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