Credits
Writer(s):
?
Penciller(s):
Paul Cooper ?
Inker(s):
Paul Cooper ?
Colorist(s):
?
Letterer(s):
?
Subject Matter
Genres:
romantic
Character(s):
Mrs. Whitney Dulcimer [nee Emily Cartwright]; Kearney Ridgewater; Mr. Cartwright; Mrs. Cartwright; "Big Boss" Wheeler; Whitney Dulcimer; Ted
Synopsis:
A young woman breaks up with her fiancé Ted because he insists she become a housewife and she wants a career. Applying for a newpaper job, the young woman meets Mrs. Dulcimer, the elderly publisher. Mrs. Dulcimer tells the story of her youth, when she was a "Bloomer girl" crusading for women's rights, until she married Whitney. Mrs. Dulcimer says a woman should be a good wife first, and can then change her husband's mind about women having a career.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
8
Notes:
Art credits identified by Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.
Bloomers (essentially trousers for women) "became a symbol of women's rights in the early 1850s.” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomers_(clothing)] However, Mrs. Dulcimer would have to be well over 100 years old for this to be the era in which she was a "bloomer girl."