Pauline Forstall Colclough Adams (June 29, 1874 - September 10, 1957) was an Irish American suffragist who took a militant approach to the campaign and then went to prison for her political beliefs.

[1] She married Norfolk physician Walter J. Adams; he established a medical practice and she gave birth to two sons.

[2] Unlike many other American suffragists, she advocated a militant approach, shunning the chance to speak in an educational manner during President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration in Washington, D.C.

She and twelve other picketers were arrested 'for attempting to "flaunt their banners" in front of Woodrow Wilson's reviewing stand before a Selective Service parade on September 4, 1917.'

[5]After she was released, she and nine others were treated to a dinner at Cameron House in Washington, D.C. A newspaper reports that the detainees were cut off from all contact with the outside world and were without books or writing material during their incarceration.

She was also involved in politics, working on the campaign of Sarah Lee Fain and running unsuccessfully for city council.