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Jailed for freedom, a first-person account of the militant fight for women's rights, Doris Stevens ; introduction by Angela P. Dodson

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Jailed for freedom

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Doris Stevens ; introduction by Angela P. Dodson

a first-person account of the militant fight for women's rights

A first-hand account of how suffragists in the National Woman's Party organized and fought a fierce battle for the passage for the 19th Amendment

Leadership. A militant pioneer: Susan B. Anthony ; A militant general: Alice Paul -- Political action. Women invade the capital ; Women voters organize ; The last deputation to President Wilson -- Militancy. Picketing a president ; The suffrage war policy ; The first arrests ; Ocoquan Workhouse ; August riots ; Prison episodes ; An administration protest: Dudley Field Malone resigns ; The administration yields ; Political prisoners ; The hunger strike: a weapon ; Administration terrorism ; Alice Paul in prison ; The administration outwitted ; Political results ; An interlude (seven months) ; New attacks on the president ; President Wilson appeals to the Senate too late ; More pressure ; The president sails away ; Watchfires of freedom ; Burned in effigy ; Boston militants welcome to the president ; Democratic Congress ends ; A farewell to President Wilson ; President Wilson wins the 64th vote in Paris ; Republican Congress passes Amendment -- Appendices. Text of the National Suffrage Amendment ; Countries in which women vote ; Resolutions demanding investigations ; Suffrage prisoners ; Directors of national campaign executive committees listed by years ; Concerning political prisoners