Grattis Alice!

Why We Oppose Pockets for Women   

1. Because pockets are not a natural right.  

2. Because the great majority of women do not want pockets. If they did they would have them.  

3. Because whenever women have had pockets they have not used them.  

4. Because women are required to carry enough things as it is, without the additional burden of pockets.  

5. Because it would make dissension between husband and wife as to whose pockets were to be filled. 

 6. Because it would destroy man's chivalry toward woman, if he did not have to carry all her things in his pockets.  

7. Because men are men, and women are women. We must not fly in the face of nature.  

8. Because pockets have been used by men to carry tobacco, pipes, whiskey flasks, chewing gum and compromising letters. We see no reason to suppose that women would use them more wisely.

Alice Duer Miller

28 juli 1874 –  22 augusti 1942

Alice var en av de många intelligenta, modiga och hängivna kvinnor som kämpade för kvinnors rättigheter — nu gäller det för oss att se till att deras insatser inte var förgäves.

Alice böcker finns både hos Gutenberg, FadedPage och Internet archive. Båda citaten här är tagna ur hennes bok 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.