Jailed For Freedom

Doris Stevens (1892 - 1963)

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)

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, History, Political Science

Language: English

Keyword(s): women's suffrage (10), Woodrow Wilson (6), Alice Paul (2), Doris Stevens (1), picketting (1), Silent Sentinels (1), Nineteenth Amendment (1)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Dedication and Preface, Leadership Blazin48
00:29:48
Play 02 Women Invade the Capital J. M. Smallheer
00:25:03
Play 03 Women Voters Organize PopularOutcast
00:25:48
Play 04 The Last Deputation to President Wilson J. M. Smallheer
00:23:59
Play 05 Picketing a President J. M. Smallheer
00:29:08
Play 06 The Suffrage War Policy, The First Arrests Blazin48
00:31:55
Play 07 Occoquan Workhouse Blazin48
00:39:54
Play 08 August Riots Blazin48
00:34:42
Play 09 Prison Episodes Scott Carpenter
00:28:26
Play 10 An Administration Protest, The Administration Yields David O'Connell
00:33:23
Play 11 Political Prisoners, The Hunger Strike Patti Cunningham
00:34:27
Play 12 Administration Terrorism Kate West
00:37:01
Play 13 Alice Paul in Prison Scott Carpenter
00:34:27
Play 14 Administration Lawlessness Exposed Lorelle Anderson
00:20:58
Play 15 The Administration Outwitted, Political Results Lorelle Anderson
00:31:26
Play 16 An Interlude, New Attacks on the President Morgan
00:30:46
Play 17 The President Appeals to the Senate Too Late valli
00:42:11
Play 18 More Pressure, The President Sails Away, Watchfires of Freedom Blazin48
00:28:09
Play 19 Burned in Effigy, Boston Militants Welcome the President, Democratic Congress Ends Blazin48
00:24:09
Play 20 A Farewell to President Wilson, President Wilson Wins the 64th Vote in Paris, Republican Congress Passes the Amendment Blazin48
00:21:05