Jailed for Freedom is a book by Doris Stevens.[1] Originally published in 1920, it was reissued by New Sage Press in 1995 in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[2] This commemorative edition was edited by Carol O'Hare to update the language for a modern audience.[3]Jailed for Freedom was reissued again in 2020 in a 100th anniversary edition.[4][5]
The Historical Journal of Massachusetts characterizes the book as "a lengthy and sympathetic account of these events".[6] Johanna Neumann in The Wall Street Journal ranked Jailed for Freedom number one on her list of the five best books on the fight for women's suffrage.[7]Jailed for Freedom is extensively quoted in Encyclopædia Britannica's Annals of American History in the essay "Suffragettes Criminals or Political Prisoners?"[8]
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^Winegar, Karin (8 May 1995). "Remembering the struggle // Women's suffrage battle dramatized with 1920 book". Star-Tribune Minneapolis.
^Stevens, Doris. Jailed for Freedom: A First-Person Account of the Militant Fight for Women's Rights. United States: Running Press, 2020.
^"The Political Is Personal". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 266, no. 36. 6 Sep 2019. p. 41.
^Kenneally, James. "'I Want to Go to Jail': The Woman's Party Reception for President Wilson in Boston, 1919". Historical Journal of Massachusetts. 45 (1 (Winter 2017)): Footnote 4.
^Neumann, Johanna (9 September 2017). "Five Best: A Personal Choice: Johanna Neuman on the Fight for Women's Suffrage". Books. The Wall Street Journal. p. C10.
^"Suffragettes Criminals or Political Prisoners?". Annals of American History. Encyclopædia Britannica. 1968. ASINB000HA2E48.