Alice Duer Miller (July 28, 1874 – August 22, 1942) was an American writer whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses impacted on the suffrage issue, while her verse-play The White Cliffs encouraged US entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays.(from Wikipedia)
Mother of Alice D.G. Miller.
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, New Jersey.
Cousin of writer Wolcott Gibbs.
The film rights to her play "The Springboard" was purchased by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1929, but a film version was never produced.
Descendant of Senator Rufus King and continental congressman William Duer.
A leading suffragette of the 1910s.
Best known for her 1940 poem "The White Cliffs of Dover", filmed by MGM in 1944.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy like art. . . It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give values to survival.
When men in Congress come to blows at somemthing someone said,I always notice that it shows their blood is quick and red;But if two women disagree, with very little noise,It proves, and this seems strange to me, that women have no poise.
People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.
People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking though even that is beyond most of our powers it means taking a vigorous human interest in what is being told us. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.
Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others,Listening is not merely not talking though even that is beyond most of our powers it means taking a vigorous human interest in what is being told us.
I was not out to paint beautiful pictures even painting good pictures was not important to me. I wanted only to help the truth burst forth. .
