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Revisiting the Jury:
In contrast with his 1902 depiction, Gibson's updated perspective on the jury in this 1927 drawing shows the integration of women with men as participants in civic duty. Despite passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 that qualified women as "electors," states did not immediately pass legislation to include them for jury selection. Gibson's drawing of five women and seven men, nonetheless, recognizes that increasing numbers of women were serving as jurors. His parade of "twelve peers good and true" casts amusing and amused looks at the viewer, while demonstrating the artist's acute, amused observation of the jury. |