ltpgtAlice Duer Miller July 28 1874 ampndash August 22 1942 was a writer from the US whose poetry actively influenced political opinion Her feminist verses made an impact on the suffrage issue and her verse novel The White Cliffs encouraged US entry into World War II She also wrote novels and screenplaysltpgtltpgtShe became known as a campaigner for womenamp39s suffrage and published a brilliant series of satirical poems in the New York Tribune These were published subsequently as Are Women People These words became a catchphrase of the suffrage movement It readsltpgtltpgtampquotFATHER 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 areampquotltpgtltpgtShe followed this collection with Women Are People 1917ltpgtltpgtAs a novelist she scored her first success with Come Out of the Kitchen in 1916 The story was made into a play and later the 1948 film Spring in Park Lane She followed it with a series of other short novels many of which were staged and increasingly made into filmsampnbspltpgtltpgtHer novel in verse Forsaking All Others 1933 about a tragic love affair and many consider her greatest work In the 1920s and 1930s many of her stories were used for motion pictures such as Are Parents People 1925 Roberta 1935 and Irene 1940...
