Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times Quotes

“It's hard upon occasions to be forceful and sublime
When you're treated as incompetents three-quarters of the time.”
― Alice Duer Miller, Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times

“We are not really senseless, and we are not angels, too,
But very human beings, human just as much as you.
It's hard upon occasions to be forceful and sublime
When you're treated as incompetents three-quarters of the time.”
― Alice Duer Miller, Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times

“Chivalry:

It's treating a woman politely
As long as she isn't a fright:
It's guarding the girls who act rightly,
If you can be judge of what's right;
It's being—not just, but so pleasant;
It's tipping while wages are low;
It's making a beautiful present,
And failing to pay what you owe.”
― Alice Duer Miller, Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times

“When men in Congress come to blows at somemthing someone said,
I always notice that it shows their blood is quick and red;
But if two women disagree, with very little noise,
It proves, and this seems strange to me, that women have no poise.”
― Alice Duer Miller, Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times

“There, little girl, don't read,
You're fond of your books, I know,
But Brother might mope
If he had no hope
Of getting ahead of you.
It's dull for a boy who cannot lead.
There, little girl, don't read.”
― Alice Duer Miller, Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times

“Mother, what is a Feminist?"
"A feminist, my daughter,
Is any woman now who cares
To think about her own affairs
As men don't think she oughter.”
― Alice Duer Miller, Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times

“Is it true that the English government is calling on women to do work abandoned by men?

Yes, it is true.

Is not a woman's place the home?

No, not when men need her services outside the home.

Will she never be told again that her place is the home?

Oh, yes, indeed.

When?

As soon as men want their jobs back again.”
― Alice Duer Miller, Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times