Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times


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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