A first-hand account of the 1913-1919 campaign of American suffragettes, detailing their treatment at the hands of the courts, and the true conditions of their incarceration. (Summary by Sarah Jennings)
Chapters
1 Dedication and Preface, Leadership 30 min 2 Women Invade the Capital 25 min 3 Women Voters Organize 26 min 4 The Last Deputation to President Wilson 24 min 5 Picketing a President 29 min 6 The Suffrage War Policy, The First Arrests 32 min 7 Occoquan Workhouse 40 min 8 August Riots 35 min 9 Prison Episodes 28 min 10 An Administration Protest, The Administration Yields 33 min 11 Political Prisoners, The Hunger Strike 34 min 12 Administration Terrorism 37 min 13 Alice Paul in Prison 34 min 14 Administration Lawlessness Exposed 21 min 15 The Administration Outwitted, Political Results 31 min 16 An Interlude, New Attacks on the President 31 min 17 The President Appeals to the Senate Too Late 42 min 18 More Pressure, The President Sails Away, Watchfires of Freedom 28 min 19 Burned in Effigy, Boston Militants Welcome the President, Democratic Congress Ends 24 min 20 A Farewell to President Wilson, President Wilson Wins the 64th Vote in Paris, Republican Congress Passes the Amendment 21 min
