A New Plan

Alice Paul began fighting for the vote in 1912. In 1917, she went to the White House with other women to protest. They wanted President Wilson to help women get the right to vote. The women carried signs that demanded the right to vote.

President Wilson wanted Alice Paul and the other women to stop. The police said the women had to stop. But the women kept protesting. They did not give up. The police arrested some of the women, including Paul.

President Woodrow Wilson

President Woodrow Wilson

Women carried signs to protest for their rights.

Women carried signs to protest for their rights.

Key Vocabulary

  • protest v., to show that you do not like something

  • sign n., a message printed large enough for many people to read

In Other Words

  • fighting for the vote working to give women the right to vote

  • White House place where the President was

  • give up stop

  • arrested some of the women took some of the women to jail