Pauline AdamsÊ 1874-1957 Virginia Suffragist, President of the Norfolk branch of the National WomenÕs Party Written and Performed by Rachel Groover Setting: Norfolk, VA, 1919 Pauline is in her bedroom with Margaret, who is the fiancŽ of her son, Walter.Ê Margaret questions Pauline as a mother. You have no clue what I have been through as a mother. Twelve picketers and I were arrested in 1917 for Òattempting to flaunt our bannersÓ before President WilsonÕs Selective service parade. The judge would not let me speak my case. He continuously cut me off and treated me like I was nothing and knew nothing. He gave me the choice of twenty-five dollars or sixty days in the Occoquan Workhouse. I chose the sixty days. For the duration of my sentence I was in solitary confinement, cut off from all contact with the outside world. No books. No writing instruments and no personal grooming items. They wouldnÕt even give me a toothbrush. Another picket smuggled a pencil into the prison and lent it to me so I could write to our Walter to keep my sanity. I went through hell and back to show him that you must fight for what is right, no matter the consequences. Things need to get worse before they can get better. I have raised him to be the strong, independent man he is, and I couldnÕt be more proud of him. You love Walter for who he is, and I helped shape him into the man that heÕs become.