Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this, while their innate tendency to appeal to force renders them unfit for government.
Alice Duer Miller Quotes
Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like democracy and freedom, many people you'll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you.
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| Birth: | 28th July, 1874 |
| Death: | 22nd August, 1942 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Poet, Writer |
About
Alice Duer Miller was an American writer and poet. Alice Duer was born in New York City. She was the daughter of James Gore King Duer and Elizabeth Wilson Meads. She entered Barnard College in 1895 studying mathematics and astronomy. She helped to pay for her studies by selling novels and short essays. She and her sister Caroline King Duer published a joint book of poems. Alice graduated in June 1899. As a novelist, she scored her first real 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. In 1940, she wrote the verse novel The White Cliffs.
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