Alice Paul influenced the country/world by being a Women Suffragist leader that continuously pushed and persevered for women's rights and equality. She was one of the leaders that helped gain support from the public and political leaders to pass the 19th Amendment and Equal Rights Amendment. She used political activism and numerous militant tactics to push the Women's Suffrage Movement when it seemed like the movement was about to disappear in order to reach the goal of having the two amendments passed. Without Alice Paul and many other women suffrage activists, women probably would not have the option to vote, would be discriminated against, and would not have the same rights as men.
Alice's way of thinking was totally different from the
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She was a women suffragist and advocate for women's right and for women to have the same equal rights. As an active member and leader of National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and National Woman’s Party, she would use these two organizations to help get the 19th Amendment passed and to help raise awareness and attention for the Equal Rights Amendment to be passed as well. In the NAWSA, she joined their movement and went along with some of their militant tactics, such as window smashing, rock throwing, and much more. Also, she led the NAWSA in mass march protesting around major government buildings. In the National Woman's Party, she pushed the Women's Suffrage Movement further and influenced President Wilson and the Congress to pass the 19th …show more content…
In 1913, Paul formed a group with others called the Congressional Union for Women Suffrage which changed in 1917 to form the National Woman’s Party. This group was mostly known for its militant tactics that aided them in gaining support for the movement. One of the tactics that was effective was the picketing campaign. In this tactic, they went to the White House and stood in front of the gate holding banners and signs with quotes and phrases on it. During their use of these tactics, the public was annoyed with their protesting and they were arrested several times because police felt that they were obstructing traffic.
Alice made a major contribution in getting attention for women's involvement in politics. She used a number of tactics to get support from many to get the amendments passed for women being able to vote and to have equal rights. Her involvement with the NAWSA and National Woman's party, allowed for her to use large amounts of political activism to bring awareness to women's suffrage. After years of activism, she achieved her political goals of the 19th Amendment (August 26, 1920) and Equal Rights Amendment (March 22, 1972) being
Alice joins the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). February 1913 Alice and Lucy Burns helped found the Congressional Union for Women’s Suffrage but after not getting enough help from NAWSA financially and having different ideals as well, they decide to leave the organization. March 3, 1913 Alice organizes a suffragist parade the day before President Wilson’s inauguration.
Alice Paul started an organization called the National Woman's Party and Lucy hopped right on the bandwagon. The NWP had one goal and that goal was to create an amendment demanding women’s suffrage. When the senate failed to pass the amendment, they decided to take another route in pushing for the amendment. They decided that come election day, they would help elect someone who was pro-women’s suffrage. When President Wilson heard about this, he became threatened and called for a Congress meeting.
However, in 1914, Paul began to grow sick of the conservative methods that the group was using and decided to break away. Alice Paul wanted to get the public’s attention to focus more towards women’s suffrage, so she decided that
Women felt encouraged to participate and hopefully make a change in the nation. Whether that be an amendment to the constitution, or just a loud voice speaking about a national in equality issue, Paul was beginning a national voice for an issue not given the recognition it deserves. “James Glen Stovall says, “James Glen Stovall says in Seeing Suffrage, “And as the pageant unfolded, thousands of women would be marching by, women from every walk of life, from every part of the nation. The entire afternoon would be one that no one could ignore. The thousands of people who saw it would never forget this day.”
She was civil rights activist and became a hero to many women around the US. Her plan slowly backfired sadly due to the US District in Charleston. Alice wanted the Supreme Court Justice to allow women to vote in an election. " Alice Paul's protests and her focus on getting a suffrage amendment passed did not go over well with the NAWSA leaders. Paul and the NAWSA leaders supported a suffrage amendment, but they believed in different tactics.
Her protesting tactics have carried on to present day because they have a lasting effect on the topic people are fighting for. She also joined and formed organizations because she wanted her voice to be heard and to spread the idea or women’s suffrage around the United States. Alice Paul is a very empowering women, she caused women to stand up for what they believe in and to never back down no matter what comes in their way. Overall Alice Paul will always have a lasting impact on the United States because of her protesting tactics, formation of organizations and the ratification of the 19th
Paul coordinated a march of around 8,000 college women, professional women, and middle-class women of the NAWSA into costumed marching units, each with its own banners. Fearing a riot, the War Department called on mounted cavalry to “restore order.” Later after Carrie Catt had returned to leadership her and Alice Paul fought over strategy. Paul refused to be limited to her politically confrontational tactics, and it angered many NAWSA members that wanted respectable Congressional cooperation. Paul was set on ”holding the party responsible” (the democratic party and President Wilson) for the failure to pass women’s suffrage.
The efforts of these women led to changes in women's health, stopping violence against African-Americans, and women's voting rights. Two groups who progressed in the advancement of women's rights were the National American Women Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and the National Women's Party which was led by Alice Paul. The efforts of both groups led to the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to
After centuries of ingrained ideas about the role and abilities of women, there were manyobstacles for women in order to achieve voting rights. Utilizing strategies such as the distributionof pamphlets and flyers, marches, and demonstrations, female suffragists accomplished theirgoals with the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920. Many suffragists expressed theirarguments for the vote through written text in books, pamphlets, newspapers, and flyers with thepurpose to gain support for their cause. For example, the National American Woman SuffrageAssociation published their reasoning in"Votes for Women! The Woman's Reason" with thegoal to convince readers of America to support the suffrage movement.
She became a community activist and humanitarian after this. Her long-term impacts were more large-scale. She made people aware of slavery in a negative way. She helped slaves reclaim their freedom. She also helped the women’s suffrage movement which fought for women’s rights, especially the right to vote.
During the war when the amendments were being put into place many women hoped that they would be granted the same right that were given to free slaves. Although it was a big step for African Americans. This then made the women’s movement have two separate parties one being the National Woman Suffrage Association and the other being American Women Suffrage Association. Both of these associations campaigned for women suffrage believing that it could only be acquired through a constitutional amendment and not just different states.
This was called The National American Women Suffrage Association, also known as NAWSA. The NAWSA was an association that was put together between two associations to become one big one. This was a start for all the women who wanted their right to vote to come together and earn it. They made the NAWSA alive and they wanted to keep it going so that it would help gain and attain their right to vote (“National”). The women did not want it to die.
One of the most notable figures in this movement was Alice Paul. Alice Paul was a leading suffragist and feminist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement in the United States. She was a staunch advocate for women's rights and used her skills as an organizer and strategist to help secure major victories for the suffrage movement. Paul was a socialist and believed that economic and social equality were necessary in order to achieve full political rights for
“I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less.” Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony is considered by some as the founding mother of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States. Her goal: men and women treated equally under the eyes of the law and society. The 19th Amendment in 1920 would be the culmination event for this movement, but the winds of change began blowing in 1848.
Alice wanted a national amendment whereas the NAWSA wanted to focus on state campaigns. The NAWSA supported President Wilson but Alice blamed him for the continued disenfranchisement of women. So in 1914 she formed the National Woman’s Party (NWP) and cut all ties with the NAWSA. “The NWP organized “Silent Sentinels” to stand outside the White House holding banners inscribed with incendiary phrases directed toward President Wilson” (Carol, Myers, Lindman, n.d., National Woman 's Party, Picketing and Prison, para 1). They continued their picketing through World War 1 and many thought of them as unpatriotic.