Alice Paul and the American Suffrage Campaign »

Katherine H. Adams is William and Audrey Hutchinson Distinguished Professor in the department of English at Loyola University, New Orleans, and the author of several books, including A Group of Their Own: College Writing Courses and American Women Writers, 1880-1940. Michael L. Keene holds the John C. Hodges Teaching Chair in the department of English at the University of Tennessee and author of Successful Writing.

The first analysis of suffragist Alice Paul's controversial rhetorical strategies

Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     xi
Alice Paul's Formation as Activist     1
The Commitment to Nonviolence     21
Reaching the Group through Words and Pictures     42
Parades and Other Events: Escalating the Nonviolent Pressure     76
Lobbying and Deputations     117
The Political Boycott     141
Picketing Wilson     157
Hunger Strikes and Jail     191
At Nonviolent War     215
Conclusion     243
Works Cited     249
Index     265