Cartoon shows the figure of Peace as a pretty woman and angel, standing in the aisle of a train or bus, while Senators Borah, Lodge, and Johnson occupy the seats. The cartoon refers to the successful efforts of the Republican isolationists after World War I to block Senate ratification of the Treaty of Versailles establishing the League of Nations. The cartoonist suggests that the failure of the United States to join the League is a blow to the prospects for peace.
[^1] Rollin Kirby. “Refusing to give the lady a seat.” Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Drawing: crayon, opaque white and graphite over graphite underdrawing; sheet 50.2 x 37.5 cm.