PART ONE

1913-1914

I. INTRODUCTION 3

II. ALICE PAUL 6

III. ALICE PAUL AND LUCY BURNS 14

IV. F STREET AND THE EARLY DAYS 18

V. MAKING THE FEDERAL AMENDMENT AN ISSUE 31

VI. PRESSURE ON CONGRESS 49

VII. PRESSURE ON THE PRESIDENT 57

VIII. THE STRUGGLE WITH THE RULES COMMITTEE 66

IX. THE FIRST APPEAL TO THE WOMEN VOTERS 73

X. CONGRESS TAKES UP THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT 87