Alice Paul and the 19th Amendment
The person who changed the world for women everywhere
Alice Paul
Part of the Silent Sentinels.
Forced fed many times in jail.
Used Protests and actions to get what she wanted.
Force Feedings
Marching and Protesting
Fighting the President
Alice led the movement.
She was the one who lead the movement.
- Her first rebellious act= earning a PHD, showing that girls were just as smart as boys.
- She went on hunger strikes, and she was so dedicated to trying to get women’s suffrage that she was force fed.
- When she wasn't in jail she was protesting anywhere she felt like.
- Alice even had to courage to lead pickets at the White and Congress and refused to give up the idea of women’s suffrage.
Alice stood up to the president.
The NWP was a group of women trying to gain suffrage.
- The NWP had many achievements and they seemed to be endless. In protests, when the police arrested women, more showed up. It was a never ending crowd of suffragettes.
- The women in this group made a petition for women being able to vote. By the time Alice showed it to the president, it had more than 500,000 signatures.
- Alice Paul was the founder of these people. It only took her four years to get women's suffrage. Thanks to her, women have endless rights today.
Alice started the National Women's Party
Alice Paul stood up to the president and protested his actions.
- She didn't care what anyone thought of her. She spoke her opinion and spoke it confidently. Paul was a true role model.
- Paul "openly criticized any politician in office (including the president) [that she felt wasn't treating women right,] (Scholl 1). This shows how dedicated Alice was. She got arrested many times and was force fed in jail because of her hunger strikes.
Susan B Anthony
Some may say that Susan B. Anthony was most important in women's suffrage because of her speeches and campaigns, but Alice Paul’s protests and actions convinced the president to pass the amendment.The 19th Amendment is called the Susan B. Anthony Amendment because Susan drafted it, but Alice’s actions are what really made the Amendment happen. When Susan was alive, the president wasn't going to pass the Amendment, but Alice convinced him.
Alice Paul presented by The Alice Paul Institute