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Jailed for Freedom : A First-Person Account of the Militant Fight for Women's Rights by Doris Stevens; Angela P. Dodson is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The 100th-anniversary special edition of Jailed for Freedom , the essential history and first-person account of the courageous and militant suffragists who fought for their right to vote. First published in 1920, Jailed for Freedom is the courageous, true story of the militant suffragists who organized some of the first-ever, large scale demonstrations and protests on Washington. At a time when President Woodrow Wilson's administration refused to acknowledge women's voting rights as a tangible issue, the National Woman's Party coalesced, organized, and fought a fierce battle for the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment with heroism, bravery, and radical vigilance. What makes Jailed for Freedom especially compelling and such an important contribution to women's history is that it is a personal testimony from a suffragist who persevered through it. With depth and clarity, Doris Stevens details the bravery of the women who picketed daily outside the White House, opened themselves up to ridicule and physical violence, were arrested on no viable charges, jailed when they chose not to pay fines, and even beaten and force-fed when they went on hunger strikes. Including a new intr

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Author

Doris Stevens; Angela P. Dodson

Publisher

Running Press Miniature Editions

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780762496938

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities