Militant Mary

A single-panel Sunday comic featuring a cowgirl character in a ten-gallon hat and checkered outfit, wielding a rifle and lasso. The figure addresses readers directly about women's suffrage, noting that a gallant chap denies women both political voice and basic rights, yet their suffrage plea "gladly gives us our strap hanging rights." The strip uses speech balloons and combines comic illustration with political messaging—a common approach in early 1910s newspaper comics. The character's frontier garb and action pose tap into popular Wild West imagery while advancing a contemporary social argument, reflecting how newspaper strips of this era functioned as both entertainment and vehicles for topical commentary.