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The Story of the Woman's Party

Chapter 1: THE STORY OF THE WOMAN’S PARTY
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The narrative chronicles the formation, strategies, and campaigns of a suffrage organization led by a determined activist, tracing its shift from Congressional lobbying to direct-action political pressure, public demonstrations, and picketing of the presidential administration. It profiles key organizers and headquarters activities, sketches internal conflicts over tactics and rules, and recounts arrests, imprisonment, watchfires, and publicity stunts designed to force congressional action. The account follows lobbying and grassroots appeals that culminate in legislative advancement and state ratifications, and concludes with organizing efforts after victory and reflections on the movement’s endurance.

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Title: The Story of the Woman's Party

Author: Inez Haynes Gillmore

Release date: March 7, 2018 [eBook #56701]

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF THE WOMAN'S PARTY ***

Alice Paul.
Taken the Day Before She Went to Prison.
Photo Copr. Edmonston Studio, Washington, D. C.


THE STORY OF
THE WOMAN’S PARTY

BY
INEZ HAYNES IRWIN
ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
NEW YORK
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY
1921

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY, INC.
THE QUINN & BODEN COMPANY
RAHWAY. N. J.

“But with such women consecrating their lives failure is impossible.”

Last words spoken in public by Susan B. Anthony
her birthday, 1906.

“Most of those who worked with me in the early years have gone. I am here for a little time only and my place will be filled as theirs was filled. The fight must not cease; you must see that it does not stop.”

Susan B. Anthony.


TO THE INSPIRED, DEVOTED, UNTIRING, AND SELF-
SACRIFICING MEMBERS OF THE WOMAN’S PARTY,
AND IN ESPECIAL TO THOSE WHOSE WORK CANNOT
FOR LACK OF SPACE BE MENTIONED HERE OR
WHOSE EFFORTS MAY NEVER EVEN IN THE FUTURE
BE PROPERLY APPRECIATED, THIS BOOK
IS ADMIRINGLY AND REVERENTLY DEDICATED.