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1874–1942

Beware!

Alice Duer Miller

In the days that are gone when a statue was wanted In park or museum where statues must be, A chivalrous male would come forward undaunted And say: “If you must have one, make it of me.

Bad though they be, yet I'll agree If you must make them, why make them of me.” But chivalry's dead, as I always expected Since women would not let things stay as they were;

So now, I suppose, when a statue's erected Men will say brutally: “Make it of her.” She may prefer things as they were When they start making the statues of her.

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