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Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times

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(4,75 Sterne; 4 Bewertungen)

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)

Chapters

Introduction

1:25

Read by mleigh

Are Women People?

1:46

Read by Larry Wilson

Our Idea of Nothing at All

1:16

Read by Amanda Chandler

Lines to Mr. Bowdle of Ohio

2:01

Read by Adrian Stephens

On Not Believing All You Hear

0:53

Read by Adrian Stephens

The Revolt of Mother

1:25

Read by Kathy Kay

The Gallant Sex

1:24

Read by Alan Mapstone

Representation

1:19

Read by Larry Wilson

Sonnet

1:25

Read by Krista Zaleski

To President Wilson

1:22

Read by drwifey

Home and Where It Is

1:10

Read by Adrian Stephens

The Maiden's Vow

1:02

Read by Krista Zaleski

Such Nonsense

1:23

Read by Kathy Kay

A Suggested Campaign Song

1:37

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Woman of Charm

1:52

Read by Alan Mapstone

A Modern Proposal

1:01

Read by Kathy Kay

The Newer Lullaby

0:42

Read by Rochelle Berenyi

The Protected Sex

0:40

Read by Meliora Dockery

Warning to Suffragists

0:53

Read by Jananiram

Partners

1:23

Read by Kathy Kay

What Governments Say to Women

1:07

Read by czandra

"Oh, That 'Twere Possible!"

1:37

Read by Amanda Chandler

The Times Editorials

1:15

Read by Alan Mapstone

Our Own Twelve Anti-suffragist Reasons

1:31

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Why We Oppose Pockets for Women

1:26

Read by Larry Wilson

Fashion Notes: Past and Present

1:20

Read by Adrian Stephens

Why We Oppose Women Travelling in Railway Trains

1:01

Read by Kathy Kay

Why We Oppose Schools for Children

2:10

Read by mleigh

But Then Who Cares for Figures

1:14

Read by Christina Fu

Why We Oppose Votes for Men

1:01

Read by Scarbo

The Logic of the Law

0:49

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Consistency

0:52

Read by Adrian Stephens

Sometimes We're Ivy, and Sometimes We're Oak

0:51

Read by Amanda Chandler

Do You Know

1:38

Read by Adrian Stephens

Interviews With Celebrated Anti-Suffragists

0:58

Read by Adrian Stephens

Another of Those Curious Coincidences

0:49

Read by Kathy Kay

The New Freedom

0:38

Read by Adrian Stephens

To the Great Dining Out Majority

0:58

Read by Fang

Many Men to Any Woman

1:23

Read by Alan Mapstone

A Sex Difference

0:42

Read by Amanda Chandler

Advice to Heroines

0:58

Read by TriciaG

Mutual Vows

0:53

Read by Adrian Stephens

If They Meant All They Said

1:09

Read by Adrian Stephens

Democracy

0:33

Read by Wayne Cooke

Feminism

0:29

Read by Wayne Cooke

The Warning

1:00

Read by Adrian Stephens

Evolution

1:03

Read by Adrian Stephens

Intercepted

1:04

Read by Kathy Kay

The Universal Answer

0:50

Read by Fang

Candor

1:41

Read by bkelle

What Every Woman Must Not Say

1:17

Read by Kathy Kay

Chivalry

0:56

Read by bkelle

Women

2:16

Read by Wayne Cooke

Beware!

1:08

Read by bkelle

Male Philosophy

0:58

Read by mleigh

From a Man's Point of View

0:58

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Glory

1:02

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Dependence

0:53

Read by Evelyn Lehmann

Playthings

1:04

Read by Bruce Kachuk

Militants

0:49

Read by Amanda Chandler

A Lady's Choice

0:47

Read by Evelyn Lehmann

The Ballad of Lost Causes

1:29

Read by Alan Mapstone

Thoughts at an Anti Meeting

0:40

Read by Wayne Cooke

The Ideal Candidates

2:45

Read by Wayne Cooke

The Unconscious Suffragists

2:53

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Bewertungen

Fantastic.

(4,5 Sterne)

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.