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Stevens, Doris, 1888-1963, author.

Jailed for freedom : American women win the vote / Doris Stevens ; edited by Carol O'Hare ; foreword by Edith Mayo.

Rev.

Troutdale, OR : NewSage Press ; [Emeryville, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, ©1995.

220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

A firsthand account of the National Woman#x19;s Party, which organized and fought a fierce battle for passage of the 19th Amendment. The suffragists endured hunger strikes, forced feedings, and jail terms. First written in 1920 by Doris Stevens, this version was edited by Carol O#x19;Hare. Includes an introduction by Smithsonian curator Edith Mayo, along with appendices, an index, historic photos, and illustrations.

Women -- Suffrage -- United States.

O'Hare, Carol, editor.

Mayo, Edith, writer of foreword.

"Edited from the original edition, Jailed for freedom, by Doris Stevens, first published in 1920"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-213) and index.

Women invade the capitol -- Women voters organize -- The last deputation to President Wilson -- Picketing a president -- The suffrage war policy -- The first arrests -- Occoquan Workhouse -- August riots -- Prison episodes -- The administration yields -- Political prisoners -- Alice Paul in prison -- Administration terrorism -- The administration outwitted -- Political results -- An interlude of seven months -- New attacks on the president -- President Wilson appeals to the Senate -- More pressure -- The president sails away -- Watchfires of freedom -- Burned in effigy -- Boston militants welcome the president -- Democratic Congress ends -- A farewell to President Wilson -- Passage of the Nineteenth Amendment.

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