A Radical Suffragist in Washington, D.C. - (American Heritage) by Shirley M Marshall (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In September 1918 Elizabeth Kalb boarded a train to Washington, DC to fight for voting rights for women.

For over two years, Elizabeth lived and worked at the National Woman's Party headquarters a block from the White House. Letters she wrote during that time describe detention at the Capitol and an arrest at the White House, raising money, serving in the organization's Tea Room and struggling through the 1918 flu epidemic. Elizabeth draws the reader into a world of intense partisanship, battles with police, and diverse personalities united in a common cause. Suffragists ensured that politicians could not ignore women's rights.

Author Shirley Marshall uses this eyewitness account to create an indelible portrait of life within the National Woman's Party.

Review Quotes

Fighting for Voting Rights

About the Author

Shirley Marshall, JD loves history and has a deep appreciation for the complexity of social change. Her new book features rare 1918 letters of a young suff (suffragist) who worked with Alice Paul at the National Woman's Party. By combining eyewitness accounts with 'what's missing, ' she creates a provocative slice of history for readers. And since Elizabeth, writer of the letters, went on to many other adventures--more books await! Camping in Palm Springs and working with the Agua Caliente people, reporting from China's civil war--even Amelia Earhart makes an appearance! Good, bad, scary and extraordinary: our history makes a wonderful read.