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Are Women People? (Paperback)
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Are Women People? (Paperback)
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Loot Price R136
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Are Women People? (1915) is a collection of poems by Alice Duer
Miller. Inspired by her work as an activist for women's suffrage,
Miller published many of these poems individually in the New York
Tribune before compiling them into this larger work. Focusing on
the opposition of politicians and citizens alike, Miller makes a
compelling case for the extension of voting rights to women across
the nation. With her keen eye for hypocrisy and even keener ear for
the rhythms of the English language, Alice Miller Duer crafts a
poetry both personal and political. In "Representation," she
lampoons the notion that men's votes and voices are capable of
representing the viewpoints of the women in their lives: "My
present wife's a suffragist, and counts on my support, / [...] /
One grandmother is on the fence, the other much opposed, / And my
sister lives in Oregon, and thinks the question's closed; / Each
one is counting on my vote to represent her view. / Now what should
you think proper for a gentleman to do?" In these lighthearted
lines, Miller satirizes the exclusion of women from American
democracy, which inherently supposes that womanhood is monolithic,
containing no opposing points of view. In "To President Wilson,"
Miller excoriates the President for his focus on militarism and
foreign policy, asking "How can you plead so earnestly for men /
Who fight their own fight with a bloody hand; / [...] and then /
Forget the women of your native land?" Succinctly and convincingly,
Miller makes her case for women's suffrage. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Alice Duer Miller's Are Women People? is a classic of American
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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