At 21, Alice Gram Robinson was arrested while protesting for women’s suffrage in front of the White House, held at the Occoquan Workhouse where she took part in a hunger strike—and two years later, helped found the Women’s National Press Club before launching a six-decade Washington journalism career.
Author: Gil Klein
Gil Klein is the National Press Club historian. He is the author of “Tales from the National Press Club,” published in April by The History Press.