Displaying 1 of 1 2019 Title: Mr. President, how long must we wait? : Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the fight for the right to vote / Tina Cassidy. Author: Cassidy, Tina, author. Format: Book Edition: First 37 Ink/Atria Books hardcover edition. Publisher, Date: New York : 37 Ink/Atria, 2019. Description: xii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: Examines the complex relationship between suffragist leader Alice Paul and President Woodrow Wilson, revealing the life-risking measures that Paul and her supporters endured to gain voting rights for American women. Subjects: Paul, Alice, 1885-1977. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924. Suffragists -- United States -- Biography. Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Genre: Biographies. Other Title: Mister President, how long must we wait? Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index. Contents: A Quaker from New Jersey -- Password: kitchen -- A southern boy -- From Princeton to public office -- The suffrage procession -- Where are all the people? -- In the Oval Office -- The siege of the Senate -- A house divided -- Dark days -- Submarine warfare -- The advancing army -- The silent sentinels -- Fighting for democracy -- The Russians -- The Bastille Day protest -- Behind bars -- The hunger strikes -- The watch fires of freedom -- The amendment -- The vote. ISBN: 9781501177767 System Availability: 8 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 7 Reserve Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Suggestions and more Librarian's View Map It Displaying 1 of 1
