Portrait Gallery

Are Women People?

Father, what is a Legislature? A representative body elected by the people of the state. Are women people? No, my son, criminals, lunatics and women are not people. Do legislators legislate for nothing? Oh, no; they are paid a salary. By whom? By the people. Are women people? Of course, my son, just as much as men are.

Are Women People?, by Alice Duer Miller, this poem is the introduction to her book Are Women People?, 1915.

Close