1920
After, imprisonment, hunger strikes, protests parades and 144 years after Abigail Adams asked her husband to “Remember the Ladies”, American women won the right to vote.
Suffragists leaving D.C. prison.
In 1917, many suffragists, including Alice Paul, were arrested and taken to the Occoquan Workhouse. Alice Paul’s tactics became even more radical while she was imprisoned. When she and others incited a hunger strike, prison officials were instructed to force feed those on strike. In addition, the prison employed a number of psychological tactics, such as solitary confinement and leaving on bright lights during the night in hopes of having Paul declared mentally insane.
The attempts to have Paul diagnosed as mentally insane were not successful. Instead, it worked in the favor of the suffrage movement. The public began to support her, and as a result, she and others were released from the workhouse. This photo of Paul was taken in 1918.
In 1920, the 19th amendment was passed giving women in every state the right to vote.
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