Female Anti-Misandry Legislators, Judges & Writers: 1921-1954

~ LEGISLATORS ~

 Alice Robertson, U.S. House of Representatives (Oklahoma) - 1921

[Mildred Morris, (International News Service Staff Correspondent), “Oklahoma Congress WomanDeclares Move As Necessary As For Nations Comments On Murders - She Declares Women Who Commit Crimes Are Let Off Too Easy.” Syndicated (INS), Logansport Pharos-Tribune (In.), Aug. 10, 1921, p. 1]

Roberta West Nicholson, Indiana - 1935

“Foe of Heart Balm to Make U. S. Fight - Seeks Law In Each State To Protect Indiana - ‘Lady Legislator’ to Extend Her War on ‘Gold Diggers.’” Mar. 22, 1935

Blanche Hower, Ohio - 1935

“Pushes Balm Bill,” Feb. 8, 1935

Gladys Stewart, Missouri - 1937

“Bill Designed To Protect Men In Missouri Causes Furor Lone Female Legislator Payment Banned Unless Couple Had Been Married Five Years,” Mar. 18, 1937

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~ JUDGES ~

Judge Rhea M. Whitehead - 1921

“The Woman Judge Who Gives Husbands A Square Deal – She Is Introducing a Novel Procedure In Seattle Where Tears and Sentiment Carry No Weight and Women Are Not Regarded Today as ‘Helpless and Dependent Children,’” Jun. 26, 1921

Judge Florence E. Allen - 1921

“The Woman Judge Who Gives Husbands A Square Deal – She Is Introducing a Novel Procedure In Seattle Where Tears and Sentiment Carry No Weight and Women Are Not Regarded Today as ‘Helpless and Dependent Children,’” Jun. 26, 1921

“Why Do Juries Acquit Women – Judge, Prosecutor and Defender Tell Reason,” Nov. 25, 1922
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~ WRITERS ~

Doris Blake - 1925

Doris Blake, “Ban on Alimony for Childless Wife is Approved,” Oct. 6, 1925

Elsie Marlowe - 1927

Elsie Marlowe, “Wives Who Bankrupt Husbands Of Hope - No One Ever Thinks of Paying Alimony to Absconding Cashier, So Why Pay a Defaulting Woman” Jan. 11, 1927

Faith Baldwin – 1928

Lillian G Genn, “Marriage for Alimony Only a Public Menace Says Faith Baldwin,” Sep. 25, 1928

Dorothy Dix – 1933

Dorothy Dix, “Kill the Graft in Alimony and You Will See a Decline in Divorce – Matrimonial Grafters and Fair-Weather Wives Would Then Hold On to Hubby With Both Hands,” Mar. 31, 1933

 Dorothy Dix,“Fathers Have Right to Love of Children; Dorothy Dix Says That Jealousy Endangers Home Life,” Feb. 20, 1936

Kathleen Norris – 1935, 1937, 1946

Kathleen Norris, “The Blight on the Great American Heart Balm Racket,” Jun. 2, 1935

Kathleen Norris, “The Alimony Racket,” Dec. 5, 1937

Kathleen Norris, “The Alimony Racket,” Oct. 11, 1946

Marian Mays Martin - 1937

Marian Mays Martin, “Modern Women” (column), “If Women Ask Equality With Men, They Must Face Equal Penalty for Crime, Mrs. Martin Says,” Jun. 3, 1937

Maxine Garrison - 1937

Maxine Garrison, “Blame The Alimony Racket For Marriage Fear In Men – Too Many Girls Enter Matrimony With An Attitude Of “Quick Divorce, Easy Money’,” Apr. 8, 1937

Helen Worden Erskine – 1954

Erskine, Helen Worden (“The World Goes By” column), “Asserts Women Should End ‘Racket’ of Alimony,” Feb. 12, 1954

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