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Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Mrs True has Great Freedom (September 18, 1915) (lemmy.world)

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Printed 109 years plus one day ago, in the Day Book of Chicago.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Everett was lucky that women couldn’t independently own property in 1915

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think women could and did own properties,businesses, etc. Remember Lydia Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound? It was alcohol and opiates, mostly. She did very well, owned and ran her own company. Made millions.

[–] spacewizard@mas.to 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

@verity_kindle @AllNewTypeFace Women achieving property-rights equality with men was a gradual process but well underway by Everett's time. https://www.thoughtco.com/property-rights-of-women-3529578

Edited cause I forgot to paste the link in

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah. Good background.