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Mr. President, how long must we wait? : Alice Paul, Woodrow Wilson, and the fight for the right to vote

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
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Tina Cassidy is the executive vice president and chief content officer at the public relations and social content firm InkHouse and also a board member at the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. She has written two previous nonfiction books, Birth: The Surprising History of How We Are Born and Jackie After O: One Remarkable Year When Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Defied Expectations and Rediscovered her Dreams. Previously, she was a journalist at The Boston Globe, where she covered politics, sports, fashion, and business. - (Simon and Schuster)

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