"Will you permit me to congratulate you upon the great triumph in
which you have been so important a factor? Your place in history
is assured. Some years ago when I first met you I predicted that
your name would be written `on the dusty roll the ages keep.'
There were politicians, and a large degree of public sentiment,
which could only be won by the methods you adopted . . . . It is
certain that, but for you, success would have been delayed for
many years to come."

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Part II

Political Action

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Chapter 1

Women Invade the Capital

Where are the people?" This was Woodrow Wilson's first question
as he arrived at the Union Station in Washington the day before
his first inauguration to the Presidency in March, 1913.

"On the Avenue watching the suffragists parade," came the answer.