Mother, what is a Feminist?”
“A Feminist, my daughter,
Is any woman now who cares
To think about her own affairs
As men don’t think she oughter.”
“A Feminist, my daughter,
Is any woman now who cares
To think about her own affairs
As men don’t think she oughter.”
–
Feminism by Alice Dueller Miller, in her book ‘Are Women People?’
Via this lovely article. I’ve never even heard of -ahem- ”rhymes for suffragette times” before! Definitely worth a read!
(Although now I have that ’Sister Suffragette’ song from Mary Poppins stuck in my head. Well done! Sister sufragettes!)
(Source: gutenberg.org)
