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From: Cathy Sullivan Seblonka <cathys>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 19:47:57 -0500 (EST)
James Elliott's stated desire for more from the parlor maid's point of view reminded me of Alice Walker's poem "Women" from WORDS WITH WINGS: A TREASURY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN POETRY AND ART selected by Belinda Rochelle.
They were women then My mama's generation Husky of voice-Stout of Step With fists as well as Hands How they battered down Doors And ironed Starched white Shirts How they led Armies Headragged Generals Across mined Fields Booby-trapped Ditches To discover books Desks A place for us How they knew what we Must know Without knowing a page Of it Themselves.
Cathy
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 19:47:57 -0500 (EST)
James Elliott's stated desire for more from the parlor maid's point of view reminded me of Alice Walker's poem "Women" from WORDS WITH WINGS: A TREASURY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN POETRY AND ART selected by Belinda Rochelle.
They were women then My mama's generation Husky of voice-Stout of Step With fists as well as Hands How they battered down Doors And ironed Starched white Shirts How they led Armies Headragged Generals Across mined Fields Booby-trapped Ditches To discover books Desks A place for us How they knew what we Must know Without knowing a page Of it Themselves.
Cathy
-- Cathy Sullivan Seblonka Youth Services Librarian Peter White Public Library 217 N. Front St. Marquette, MI 49855 (906) 228?10 fax (906) 22683 e-mail: cathys at uproc.lib.mi.usReceived on Wed 17 Nov 2004 06:47:57 PM CST
