Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times


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(4.8 stars; 6 reviews)

A collection of poetry and some other short works by suffragist Alice Duer MIller. Many of these satirical works were first published in the New York Times. The work consists of five sections: Treacherous Texts, Campaign Material (For Both Sides), Women's Sphere, A Masque of Teachers, and The Unconscious Suffragists. (Summary by mleigh) (1 hr 18 min)

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Introduction 1:25 Gelesen von mleigh
Are Women People? 1:46 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Our Idea of Nothing at All 1:16 Gelesen von Amanda Chandler
Lines to Mr. Bowdle of Ohio 2:01 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
On Not Believing All You Hear 0:53 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
The Revolt of Mother 1:25 Gelesen von Kathy Kay
The Gallant Sex 1:24 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Representation 1:19 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Sonnet 1:25 Gelesen von Krista Zaleski
To President Wilson 1:22 Gelesen von drwifey
Home and Where It Is 1:10 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
The Maiden's Vow 1:02 Gelesen von Krista Zaleski
Such Nonsense 1:23 Gelesen von Kathy Kay
A Suggested Campaign Song 1:37 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
The Woman of Charm 1:52 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
A Modern Proposal 1:01 Gelesen von Kathy Kay
The Newer Lullaby 0:42 Gelesen von Rochelle Berenyi
The Protected Sex 0:40 Gelesen von Meliora Dockery
Warning to Suffragists 0:53 Gelesen von Jananiram
Partners 1:23 Gelesen von Kathy Kay
What Governments Say to Women 1:07 Gelesen von czandra
"Oh, That 'Twere Possible!" 1:37 Gelesen von Amanda Chandler
The Times Editorials 1:15 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Our Own Twelve Anti-suffragist Reasons 1:31 Gelesen von Bruce Kachuk
Why We Oppose Pockets for Women 1:26 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Fashion Notes: Past and Present 1:20 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
Why We Oppose Women Travelling in Railway Trains 1:01 Gelesen von Kathy Kay
Why We Oppose Schools for Children 2:10 Gelesen von mleigh
But Then Who Cares for Figures 1:14 Gelesen von Christina Fu
Why We Oppose Votes for Men 1:01 Gelesen von Scarbo
The Logic of the Law 0:49 Gelesen von Bruce Kachuk
Consistency 0:52 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
Sometimes We're Ivy, and Sometimes We're Oak 0:51 Gelesen von Amanda Chandler
Do You Know 1:38 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
Interviews With Celebrated Anti-Suffragists 0:58 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
Another of Those Curious Coincidences 0:49 Gelesen von Kathy Kay
The New Freedom 0:38 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
To the Great Dining Out Majority 0:58 Gelesen von Fang
Many Men to Any Woman 1:23 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
A Sex Difference 0:42 Gelesen von Amanda Chandler
Advice to Heroines 0:58 Gelesen von TriciaG
Mutual Vows 0:53 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
If They Meant All They Said 1:09 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
Democracy 0:33 Gelesen von Wayne Cooke
Feminism 0:29 Gelesen von Wayne Cooke
The Warning 1:00 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
Evolution 1:03 Gelesen von Adrian Stephens
Intercepted 1:04 Gelesen von Kathy Kay
The Universal Answer 0:50 Gelesen von Fang
Candor 1:41 Gelesen von bkelle
What Every Woman Must Not Say 1:17 Gelesen von Kathy Kay
Chivalry 0:56 Gelesen von bkelle
Women 2:16 Gelesen von Wayne Cooke
Beware! 1:08 Gelesen von bkelle
Male Philosophy 0:58 Gelesen von mleigh
From a Man's Point of View 0:58 Gelesen von Bruce Kachuk
Glory 1:02 Gelesen von Bruce Kachuk
Dependence 0:53 Gelesen von Evelyn Lehmann
Playthings 1:04 Gelesen von Bruce Kachuk
Militants 0:49 Gelesen von Amanda Chandler
A Lady's Choice 0:47 Gelesen von Evelyn Lehmann
The Ballad of Lost Causes 1:29 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Thoughts at an Anti Meeting 0:40 Gelesen von Wayne Cooke
The Ideal Candidates 2:45 Gelesen von Wayne Cooke
The Unconscious Suffragists 2:53 Gelesen von J. M. Smallheer

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(4.5 stars)

Reflective, ironic. Especially if you consider the era it was written in. A hidden gem. I'm really not a big fan of multiple-narrator books, it's cognitively demanding - but this was worth it.