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)
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Episodes
Dedication and Preface, Leadership
Episode 1 · 29:48
Women Invade the Capital
Episode 2 · 25:03
Women Voters Organize
Episode 3 · 25:48
The Last Deputation to President Wilson
Episode 4 · 23:59
Picketing a President
Episode 5 · 29:08
The Suffrage War Policy, The First Arrests
Episode 6 · 31:55
Occoquan Workhouse
Episode 7 · 39:54
August Riots
Episode 8 · 34:42
Prison Episodes
Episode 9 · 28:26
An Administration Protest, The Administration Yields
Episode 10 · 33:23
Political Prisoners, The Hunger Strike
Episode 11 · 34:27
Administration Terrorism
Episode 12 · 37:01
Alice Paul in Prison
Episode 13 · 34:27
Administration Lawlessness Exposed
Episode 14 · 20:58
The Administration Outwitted, Political Results
Episode 15 · 31:26
An Interlude, New Attacks on the President
Episode 16 · 30:46
The President Appeals to the Senate Too Late
Episode 17 · 42:11
More Pressure, The President Sails Away, Watchfires of Freedom
Episode 18 · 28:09
Burned in Effigy, Boston Militants Welcome the President, Democratic Congress Ends
Episode 19 · 24:09
A Farewell to President Wilson, President Wilson Wins the 64th Vote in Paris, Republican Congress Passes the Amendment