This is a political cartoon shows a society of patriotic ladies at Edenton in North Carolina. There is a woman in the left of the picture who is pouring some tea into a pauper’s hat. A woman stooping in front of the desk is signing the petition. There is another woman sitting at the table flirting with a man. The woman next to her is holding a hammer with an angry look. There is a woman standing behind them is drinking a large bowl of tea. A slavery woman next to her, who is serving a puill pen and peeking at the petition on the desk curiously. Besides, there is a dog peeing on a box of tea and licking a child in front of the desk. The child is playing with a plate of cookies under the desk.
This image was published in a London Newspaper in March 1775 which British drew it to making fun of American. The image shows that women also played an important role in the American Revolution. Women did not sign petitions before the 1770s. However, as we can see in the picture, there are ladies in different positions are going to sign the petition to boycott English goods, especially, tea. The picture of the Edenton Ladies Tea Party is one of the earliest organized groups of women that influenced public policy.
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