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Alice Paul faced numerous hardships to receive the right to vote for all women. To try to gain the right to vote, many women silently picketed the White House holding signs that said,” Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?” Many women were assaulted by bystanders with the police making no effort to stop the assault. The women, with Alice Paul leading, persevered and continued to protest. Finally, after many false arrests, in an attempt to smother the movement, they arrested Alice Paul, the leader of the group. |
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Alice Paul, not content with stopping, continued to fight against authorities. For two weeks Paul was in confinement, eating only bread and water. Unable to walk, she was sent to the hospital in the prison; there she went on a hunger strike. She was put in the psychiatric ward while the doctors threatened to put her in an insane asylum. She still refused to eat. Many doctors were afraid she might die, so they force fed her three times a day for three weeks. The doctors would force a tube down her throat and drop liquids in to her stomach. This process was extremely painful, but despite the pain she continued on her hunger strike and rallied other women to join in. After five weeks in prison, she was let go despite her seven month sentence. Finally, on June 9, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson announced his support for women’s suffrage. Alice Paul certainly faced many hardships on her way to equal rights.
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