"The Last Few Buttons are Always the Hardest" Cartoon, 1919
- Item sets
- Women's Suffrage in St. Louis
- Title
- "The Last Few Buttons are Always the Hardest" Cartoon, 1919
- Description
- Cartoon by Archibald B. Chapin for the St. Louis Republic depicts a woman, "National suffrage" struggling to close the last three buttons of her dress with a tool labeled, "Ratification". The last three buttons are labeled "34," "35," and "36," indicating the states that have yet to ratify the 19th Amendment.
- Creator
- Illustrated by Archibald B. Chapin, editorial cartoonist.
- Semester
- Spring 2026
- Subject
- Suffrage
- Nineteenth Amendment
- Voting Rights
- Women's Rights
- St. Louis History
- Political Cartoons
- Temporal Coverage
- 1910 – 1919
- Spatial Coverage
- St. Louis
- Missouri
- Language
- English
- Medium
- Ink drawing on paper
- Format
- .jpg
- Date
- 1919
- Source
- St. Louis Public Library Historical Digital Collections
- https://cdm17210.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/editorial/id/566/rec/3
- Is Part Of
- Archibald B. Chapin Editorial Cartoons Collection
- Identifier
- d01806
- Provenance
- Likely in the possession of Archibald B. Chapin, then the St. Louis Republic, then donated to the St. Louis Public Library
- Publisher
- The St. Louis Republic
- Explanation of Omeka Map Location
- The cartoon was made and published in St. Louis.
