November, 1917  Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

The New York Times, November 28, 1917 – Twenty-two of the women on a hunger strike in the Washington jail are released by the judge who sentenced them. Alice Paul is the first one released. Lucy Burns is also released. Nine other suffragists, who are not on a hunger strike, remain in jail. read clipping

The New York Times, November 29, 1917 – Instead of continuing the forced feedings, the government decides to employ a “cat-and-mouse” strategy of releasing imprisoned women who go on hunger strikes, and then re-arresting them if they resume picketing. read clipping

The New York Times, November 29, 1917 – Eunice Dana Brannan, wife of Dr. John Winters Brannan, president of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, details her treatment, and the treatment of the other women, in the Occoquan Workhouse. In particular, she describes a night of terror on November 14 when thirty women, including Lucy Burns, arrive at the workhouse and are treated brutally. read clipping