Tearing Off the Bonds
Item
Title
Tearing Off the Bonds
Creator
Annie "Lou" Rogers
Date
1912
Description
Annie “Lou” Rogers earned her certificate in Elementary Drawing and
Design in 1900 from Massachusetts Normal Art School. She began
her career submitting work as “Lou Rogers” to get around the barrier
of sexism at the time. She became a successful cartoonist, with work
featured in publications such as Judge magazine, New York Call, Woman’s
Journal, and Birth Control Review. Throughout her life, Rogers was clear
in her support of “radical” activism efforts, such as feminism, socialism,
and women’s suffrage, with the latter being the most notable topic in
her published cartoon work. While working as a staff artist at Judge,
Rogers met illustrator H. G. Peter. Her feminist-slanting work inspired
Peter to develop what would become the Wonder Woman cartoon, and it
is because of Rogers’ focus on depicting women freeing themselves from
existing social bondage of the time that Wonder Woman emerged as a
feminist icon.
Design in 1900 from Massachusetts Normal Art School. She began
her career submitting work as “Lou Rogers” to get around the barrier
of sexism at the time. She became a successful cartoonist, with work
featured in publications such as Judge magazine, New York Call, Woman’s
Journal, and Birth Control Review. Throughout her life, Rogers was clear
in her support of “radical” activism efforts, such as feminism, socialism,
and women’s suffrage, with the latter being the most notable topic in
her published cartoon work. While working as a staff artist at Judge,
Rogers met illustrator H. G. Peter. Her feminist-slanting work inspired
Peter to develop what would become the Wonder Woman cartoon, and it
is because of Rogers’ focus on depicting women freeing themselves from
existing social bondage of the time that Wonder Woman emerged as a
feminist icon.
Subject
Graphic Design
