Daily Post #17

Alice Paul aka "Champion of Women Suffrage" was an American feminist and women's rights activist. She was the main leader and strategist of the 1910s campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which banned sex discrimination for the right to vote. Along with Lucy Burns and others, Alice strategized the events, such as the Silent Sentinels, which led the successful campaign that resulted in its passage in 1920. Along with the women that followed this suffrage movement, they were sent to Occoquan (a women's prison) for a few months. They were put under harsh conditions (which Alice protested by going on a hunger strike) until they were released and eventually got the Nineteenth Amendment passed. Paul continued fighting for women's rights until she passed in 1974. Even though women are still not treated as respectfully and rightfully as they should be to this day, we have many opportunities as well as opportunities to fight for more.Yes all women.