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"Twenty-five-year-old Alice Paul returns to her native New Jersey after several years on the front lines of the suffrage movement in Great Britain. Weakened from imprisonment and hunger strikes, she is nevertheless determined to invigorate the stagnant suffrage movement in her homeland. Nine states have already granted women voting rights, but only a constitutional amendment will secure the vote for all. To inspire support for the campaign, Alice...
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Alice Paul began her life as a studious girl from a strict Quaker family in New Jersey. In 1907, a scholarship took her to England, where she developed a passionate devotion to the suffrage movement. Upon her return to the United States, Alice became the leader of the militant wing of the American suffrage movement. Calling themselves "Silent Sentinels," she and her followers were the first protestors to picket the White House. Arrested and jailed,...
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Dramatizes the lives of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Alice Paul, three women who fought for women's suffrage in the United States.
Demanding equal rights for women, including the right to vote, several generations of courageous women devoted their lives to liberty and equality. This story is told by three brave women--Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Alice Paul--who fought in the women's suffrage fight.
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