Attention Voters!
Anne Mergen challenges apathetic voters in this cartoon, in which she portrays a staggering number of people lined up for the circus, the Orange Bowl, and the theater while just two lonely voters appear at voting booths. Between 1933 and 1956, Mergen worked as the editorial cartoonist for the Miami Daily News during an era when few women held such jobs. In addition to foreign and domestic politics, Mergen repeatedly addressed voting and other issues she deemed vital to civic welfare.
Anne Mergen challenges apathetic voters in this cartoon, in which she portrays a staggering number of people lined up for the circus, the Orange Bowl, and the theater while just two lonely voters appear at voting booths. Between 1933 and 1956, Mergen worked as the editorial cartoonist for the <em>Miami Daily News</em> during an era when few women held such jobs. In addition to foreign and domestic politics, Mergen repeatedly addressed voting and other issues she deemed vital to civic welfare.