From the moment a baby girl is born, she is told to follow the rules and listen to the people in charge. If the girl broke the rules, she would be given a punishment. This is fine when the girl is little and she is learning manners, but in the long run, following the rules at all times does not lead to change. If it were not for many brave women who broke the rules, ignored the people in charge, and risked punishment, women would still be seen as far inferior to men. Civil disobedience has a positive impact on a free society because it sparks change and progression in that society. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton risked her freedom to fight for the freedom to vote for women all around the country. Anthony and Stanton partners in the fight to gain women's suffrage. They organized groups and pushed for equality, but they put all they had on the line when they went into a polling place to illegally …show more content…
She organized a parade to distract from the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson along with many other protests putting her life outside of a jail cell at risk. Although she was just exercising her first amendment right to the freedom to protest, Alice Paul and her supporters were arrested for her “unpatriotic” actions. Prison did not stop the suffragists form further their platform. They conducted a hunger strike to show the persistence of the movement and of their beliefs. The hunger strike led the suffragists to be held in solitary confinement and to be force-fed. Once news broke of the cruel treatment of the suffragists they were released. After the strong battle fought by Alice Paul and many other women, Woodrow Wilson announced his support for the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote. Alice Paul’s act of civil disobedience paved the way for many Americans because of the positive impact her civil disobedience has on