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Alice Paul February 2, 2014
Did you ever wonder how women got their rights, and who helped make that happen? There were many women that helped get their rights in the past, such as Alice Stokes Paul. Alice Paul was a suffragist and women’s right activist that was born on January 11th 1885 in Moorestown, New Jersey, USA. She changed the world in many different ways, however she did go through tough times while making change to the world. Although Alice was only a human being, she had a great effect on our daily life.
Alice Paul went through very harsh times while pushing for women’s rights; when she joined the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), her activities resulted in her being arrested and imprisoned three times. After the United States joined the First World War, she was continually assaulted by patriotic male bystanders, while picketing outside the White House, and she was also arrested and imprisoned in October 1917 for seven months. Alice Paul was arrested many times; however she met Lucy Paul in jail; she was another women’s rights activist and suffragist. Lucy and Alice worked together as a team and accomplished a lot in life. Alice Paul also went on hunger strikes many times.
Even though Alice had to get through a lot of obstacles, she accomplished many things in her life that influenced our life, such as pushing for women’s voting rights and also pushing for an equal rights amendment in the US constitution. Paul devoted herself to working on additional empowerment measures for women as well; she got and equal rights affirmation included in the preamble to the United Nations Charter. Alice’s hard work paid off after problems she had to deal with.
When Alice contributed many important things, she had to be a very strong and fearless woman therefore, while she was in London from 1906 to 1909, she became politically active and unafraid to use dramatic strategies in support of a cause, so she joined the
Did you ever wonder how women got their rights, and who helped make that happen? There were many women that helped get their rights in the past, such as Alice Stokes Paul. Alice Paul was a suffragist and women’s right activist that was born on January 11th 1885 in Moorestown, New Jersey, USA. She changed the world in many different ways, however she did go through tough times while making change to the world. Although Alice was only a human being, she had a great effect on our daily life.
Alice Paul went through very harsh times while pushing for women’s rights; when she joined the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), her activities resulted in her being arrested and imprisoned three times. After the United States joined the First World War, she was continually assaulted by patriotic male bystanders, while picketing outside the White House, and she was also arrested and imprisoned in October 1917 for seven months. Alice Paul was arrested many times; however she met Lucy Paul in jail; she was another women’s rights activist and suffragist. Lucy and Alice worked together as a team and accomplished a lot in life. Alice Paul also went on hunger strikes many times.
Even though Alice had to get through a lot of obstacles, she accomplished many things in her life that influenced our life, such as pushing for women’s voting rights and also pushing for an equal rights amendment in the US constitution. Paul devoted herself to working on additional empowerment measures for women as well; she got and equal rights affirmation included in the preamble to the United Nations Charter. Alice’s hard work paid off after problems she had to deal with.
When Alice contributed many important things, she had to be a very strong and fearless woman therefore, while she was in London from 1906 to 1909, she became politically active and unafraid to use dramatic strategies in support of a cause, so she joined the