Tagged: women

I’m the Notorious RBG Fought gender discrimination suits Aiming at one biased statute at a time Building on each victory So that I’d win them all I defended men too sometimes Just to show...

All I wanted was a Baby Couldn’t you have given one Didn’t that make sense Even if you pitied me Freak God? Hapless am I Jousting with twins Knuckling down LoLing, you. Maybe it’s...

My father trained court pages I learnt dancing, reading, drawing, fencing With them Dressed like them too Beat them all at fencing When I was fourteen I became the Count d’Armaganac’s mistress He married...

Marriage is a bit of a gamble My first husband played poker When he lost his life I took up the cards. I tried many hats But none fit me as well as poker...

I trained as a physician Disguised as a man Cut my hair short I sought  pregnant women who were Too embarrassed to consult Make doctors I showed my vadge to One doubting woman. Other...

I could cook and clean But I did not love to My love was math I solved logical puzzles in minutes At childhood parties My mathematician father’s genes. I could have taught French and...

I helped run the family farm as a child That inspired me to help girls like me Get an education. I traveled alone cross country Collecting donations for my school Though others called this...

I knew knowledge Would give me power But I needed money to study I propped my Greek book on the ledge over the basin While I washed dishes For three cents an hour, in...

I founded Ms. magazine Put Wonder Woman on the cover DC Comics restored her powers in issue 204. If men could menstruate They’d compare their pain Rather than hide it. Transgenders “If the shoe...

“Man is as good As all the laws, influences, institutions Allow him to be.” Since laws are stacked against us Man exploits us. “What has man ever done That woman Under the same advantages...