Are Women People Alice Duer Miller 9781542631556 Books
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This is a collection of satirical poems which first appeared in the New York Tribune over a period of time. They were written by Alice Duer Miller who was born in 1874 and died in 1942. Her writing career covered a span of some 44 years. Her first published work appeared in 1896 and the last in 1940. Her work included over twenty novels and books of poetry. We best know her for her verse novel, "The White Cliffs of Dover," of which a movie was eventually made and the book itself sold over 1 million copies...something you don't often see with this type of work. It is also interesting to note that her name appears in the very first issue of The New Yorker as an "adviser.""Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times" is a collection of the poems she wrote for the New York Tribune. These poems are very sarcastic and biting in nature and quite often are written in response to some statement made by a politician or writer who was anti-women's suffrage. The poems are quite clever and well written and absolutely filled with logic. I would have hated to have been on the receiving end of one of her penned barbs.
This was a free Kindle download so I am not complaining all that much, but it should be noted that the formatting of this particular work leaves much to be desired. It is done completely in paragraph format which sort of takes a bit away from the rhythm of the poetry. At first I found this to be a bit off putting but I soon adjusted and really had no problems. It is nice to have this one on Kindle as Mrs. Miller does use some now archaic terms and rather than have to run to the dictionary constantly, a flick of the finger gives me the meaning almost instantly.
Not only is this a fun read, but it gives great insight to the attitude of that era and good insight as to some of the (and we are not talking all that long ago) barriers women have had to overcome.
Don Blankenship
The Ozarks
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Are Women People Alice Duer Miller 9781542631556 Books Reviews
It was free, so I gave it a try. But I did not like it.
Bought for a College course.
Well organized piece although some pieces are better assembled then others. " A Modern Proposal", Why We Oppose Pockets for Women, Why We Oppose Votes for Men are stand out pieces.
The formatting is horrible. Just a little space between the poems would have been nice. But the poems are great. I don't ead much poetry so I don't pretend to criticize the style but their content is awesome. Unfortunately so much of what she writes can be held applicable today but it's nice to take a look back and see how far women have come.
Alice Duer Miller wrote this book - mostly poems - in support of suffrage for women. It would be several years before women would be able to go to the polls. The author answers some of the popular antisuffrage slogans of the day with tongue in cheek ditties. The very first poem in the book tells her son Willie that it is too dangerous to go to the voting booth, that he should let his father vote for him, as he does for her, and his sisters. "I wouldn't send my only son where I wouldn't go myself." A great many of these poems were written in 1915. Women did not get the vote until 1923. This is a great book to read if this subject is of interest to you. Some of the speeches made by male politicians of the day were so ridiculous, that I wonder how it could have taken so long to get the vote. Women, we really can't take that vote for granted!
This is a collection of satirical poems which first appeared in the New York Tribune over a period of time. They were written by Alice Duer Miller who was born in 1874 and died in 1942. Her writing career covered a span of some 44 years. Her first published work appeared in 1896 and the last in 1940. Her work included over twenty novels and books of poetry. We best know her for her verse novel, "The White Cliffs of Dover," of which a movie was eventually made and the book itself sold over 1 million copies...something you don't often see with this type of work. It is also interesting to note that her name appears in the very first issue of The New Yorker as an "adviser."
"Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times" is a collection of the poems she wrote for the New York Tribune. These poems are very sarcastic and biting in nature and quite often are written in response to some statement made by a politician or writer who was anti-women's suffrage. The poems are quite clever and well written and absolutely filled with logic. I would have hated to have been on the receiving end of one of her penned barbs.
This was a free download so I am not complaining all that much, but it should be noted that the formatting of this particular work leaves much to be desired. It is done completely in paragraph format which sort of takes a bit away from the rhythm of the poetry. At first I found this to be a bit off putting but I soon adjusted and really had no problems. It is nice to have this one on as Mrs. Miller does use some now archaic terms and rather than have to run to the dictionary constantly, a flick of the finger gives me the meaning almost instantly.
Not only is this a fun read, but it gives great insight to the attitude of that era and good insight as to some of the (and we are not talking all that long ago) barriers women have had to overcome.
Don Blankenship
The Ozarks
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