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Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times

by Alice Duer Miller

2019-02-20 00:26:51

My wife dislikes the income tax, And so I cannot pay it; She thinks that golf all interest lacks, So now I never play it; She is opposed to tolls repeal (Though why I cannot say), But woman's duty is to feel, And man's is to obey. I'm in a hard posit ... Read more
My wife dislikes the income tax, And so I cannot pay it; She thinks that golf all interest lacks, So now I never play it; She is opposed to tolls repeal (Though why I cannot say), But woman's duty is to feel, And man's is to obey. I'm in a hard position for a perfect gentleman, I want to please the ladies, but I don't see how I can, My present wife's a suffragist, and counts on my support, But my mother is an anti, of a rather biting sort; 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? Less

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File size36.245 KB
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PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781465592545
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Alice Duer Miller
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Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was a poet, novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter whose satirical work influenced the American suffragist movement. She was born to a wea...

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