Alice Paul is one of the many women that helped for the women's suffrage. During the winter of 1917, she and her fellow friends and other women stood silently at the gates, in front of the white house. Alice is holding a sign that said "Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?"
The suffragists were ignore but became more pointed, when the United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917. They yelled at Wilson, saying that he is pretending to be someone else. Alice and her fellows continue to accuse President Wilson, and he became very embarrassing. The police came to the white house instead of protecting them, but arresting the suffragists on charges of obstructing traffic. But that didn't stop the suffragists from fighting for their rights; many women were sentenced to jail terms. Things are out of control, so the police arrested Alice, and was sent to the prison for 7 months. She stayed in the prison, but got nothing to eat but bread and water. She got so weak that she was sent to the prison hospital. The doctor threaded her to transfer an insane secure retreat, but she refuse. The doctor's afraid that she's going to die, so the doctors forced a tube down her throat and poured liquids into her stomach. During her time in the prison, fight for women's suffrage had been going on for almost 70 years. After 5 weeks in prison, Alice Paul was set free. After Alice was set free from prison, newspaper article printed the jail terms and forced feedings of the suffragists. Many American were really mad after they read the story, and created more support for the suffrage amendment. On January 9, 1918, Wilson finally decides to support for suffrage. The House of Representatives Anthony Amendment, which would give suffrage to all women citizens. On June 4, 1919, the Senate passed the Amendment by one vote. After that, they made the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution about women's right.
*Alice was born on January 11, 1885.
*Died July 9, 1977
*her parent's a Quaker, William Mickle Paul I (1850-1902)
Tacie Parry
URL- http://pbskids.org/wayback/civilrights/features_suffrage.html
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