Paul Keeps Fighting
The newspapers wrote about how Paul was treated in prison. Many readers got angry and also began to protest. Paul was set free after five weeks in jail. She kept fighting for the right to vote.
The public learned about Alice Paul by reading newspapers.
In 1918, President Wilson supported the women’s right to vote. In 1919, Congress agreed with the President. In 1920, the states passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. Women in the U.S. finally had the right to vote!
Women finally won the support of the President.