I. THE WOMAN VOTERS APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT 99 AND TO CONGRESS II. THE NEW HEADQUARTERS AND THE MIDDLE 123 YEARS III. THE CONFLICT WITH THE JUDICIARY 130 COMMITTEE 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 336 SURRENDERS V. FIGHTING FOR VOTES IN THE SENATE 340 VI. BURNING THE PRESIDENT’S WORDS 355 VII. THE PRESIDENT APPEALS TO THE SENATE TO 366 PASS THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT VIII. PICKETING THE SENATE 372 IX. THE THIRD APPEAL TO THE WOMEN VOTERS 380 X. THE PRESIDENT INCLUDES SUFFRAGE IN HIS 384 CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS XI. BURNING THE PRESIDENT’S WORDS AGAIN 386 XII. THE WATCH FIRES OF FREEDOM 391 XIII. THE APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT ON HIS 408 RETURN XIV. THE APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT ON HIS 412 DEPARTURE XV. THE PRESIDENT OBTAINS THE LAST VOTE AND 415 CONGRESS SURRENDERS XVI. RATIFICATION 418 XVII. THE LAST DAYS 464 INDEX 477 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Alice Paul Frontispiece Lucy Burns at the Head of the “Prison Specialists” 16