The Dragon Stone

The George and Dragon metaphor has remained popular, and easily recognisable, in later times. This is a twentieth century American news story published on March 4th, 1911. A group tried to challenge the right of women to vote. Their arguments (the dragon) were defeated by judge Ben Lindsey (George). According to the story, the symbol was chosen to show that "This is the new chivalry, the defense of women not as women, but as citizens."

The caption reads:
SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON
On Wednesday, February 22nd, the anti-suffragists, at the hearing in the Assembly Chamber at Albany, made an attack upon the women voters of Colorado. Exactly forty-eight hours later Judge Ben B. Lindsay stood in the same Assembly Chamber and, in a counter attack of two hours, beat to the ground every false statement.

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