CONTENTS

PART ONE

1913-1914

I.Introduction[3]
II.Alice Paul[6]
III.Alice Paul and Lucy Burns[14]
IV.F Street and the Early Days[18]
V.Making the Federal Amendment an Issue[31]
VI.Pressure on Congress[49]
VII.Pressure on the President[57]
VIII.The Struggle With the Rules Committee[66]
IX.The First Appeal to the Women Voters[73]
X.Congress Takes up the Suffrage Amendment[87]

PART TWO

1915-1916

I.The Woman Voters Appeal to the President and to Congress[99]
II.The New Headquarters and the Middle Years[123]
III.The Conflict with the Judiciary Committee[130]
IV.More Pressure on the President[144]
V.Forming the Woman’s Party[149]
VI.Still More Pressure on the President[164]
VII.The Second Appeal to the Women Voters[172]
VIII.Hail and Farewell[183]

PART THREE

1917

I.The Perpetual Delegation[193]
1. The Peaceful Picketing[193]
2. The Peaceful Reception[212]
3. The War on Pickets[220]
4. The Court and the Pickets[259]
5. The Strange Ladies[261]
II.Telling the Country[292]
III.More Pressure on Congress[299]

PART FOUR

VICTORY

I.The New Headquarters and the Later Years[311]
II.Lobbying[317]
III.Organizing[327]
IV.The President Capitulates and the House Surrenders[336]
V.Fighting for Votes in the Senate[340]
VI.Burning the President’s Words[355]
VII.The President Appeals to the Senate to Pass the Suffrage Amendment[366]
VIII.Picketing the Senate[372]
IX.The Third Appeal to the Women Voters[380]
X.The President Includes Suffrage in His Campaign for Congress[384]
XI.Burning the President’s Words Again[386]
XII.The Watch Fires of Freedom[391]
XIII.The Appeal to the President on His Return[408]
XIV.The Appeal to the President on His Departure[412]
XV.The President Obtains the Last Vote and Congress Surrenders[415]
XVI.Ratification[418]
XVII.The Last Days[464]
Index[477]