Alice Paul
by Edmunston
Photography and Film
Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of
the National Woman's Party, Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
"Miss Alice Paul, New Jersey, National Chairman, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage; Member, Ex-Officio, National Executive Committee, Woman's Party" She served six prison terms for woman suffrage, including three in England and three in the United States. She was sentenced to seven months in October 1917 for picketing and served five weeks before being released on account of her condition from hunger striking. In August 1918 she was sentenced to 10 days for participation in Lafayette Square meeting, and in January 1919, to five days for lighting a watchfire.
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