Meowdam, I fear you’re being unjustly hard on Ms Wilkinson. The «Chinese ‘coolie’ pigtail» was a hair style (which also involved the shaving of the front of the head) imposed on Han Chinese men to show their subservience to their Manchu rulers - queues were not required of women. The woman in the cartoon would seem to be wearing an entirely apolitical ponytail….
Meowdam, I fear you’re being unjustly hard on Ms Wilkinson. The «Chinese ‘coolie’ pigtail» was a hair style (which also involved the shaving of the front of the head) imposed on Han Chinese men to show their subservience to their Manchu rulers - queues were not required of women. The woman in the cartoon would seem to be wearing an entirely apolitical ponytail….
Henri