Biography
Pauline Adams Dublin-born suffragist who emigrated to the U.S. in 1898 and founded the Norfolk Equal Suffrage League at her home in 1910. On September 4, 1917 was one of thirteen NWP picketers arrested in front of Wilson's reviewing stand at the Selective Service parade. Refusing the $25 fine, chose 60 days at Occoquan; released November 4, 1917. After ratification became the second woman to practice law in Norfolk (1921). Pauline Adams was a suffragette and commonly picketed outside the White House for women's suffrage. In 1917, she was arrested (officially charged with "obstructing traffic") and given a choice between 60 days in jail or a $25 fine. She chose the jail. Soon after Adams was sentenced, the prison where she was housed was investigated for mistreatment of its inmates. The food had worms and the prisoners were deprived of blankets, combs, eyeglasses, soap, and even toothbrushes.
