Hunger Strike Alice Struggle for Equal Suffrage
refused to eat. Afraid that she might die, they force fed her. Fortunately, with the help of woman officer, she could tell the other prisoners what was happened with
her through a piece of paper before the news was successfully brought to mass media. Her imprison condition and the pain during force feeding process are
described through her letter bellow, I was put in a strait jacket and taken to the psychopathic ward. I could not
see my family or friends. Counsel was denied me. I saw no other prisoners and heard nothing of them. I could see no papers. Today I was force-fed
for the third time. I refused to open my mouth. My left nostril, throat and muscles of my neck are very sore. I vomit continuously during the process.
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01:49:08,567 Despite the pain and illness caused by force feeding, Alice refused to end
the hunger strike or her fight for the vote. This is also the final struggle for her because this attempt finally resulted public outcry cursing the district officers for
the treatment to prisoners and made Alice being hospitalized. Alice‟s story caused
anger among American and created more support for the suffrage amendment. Under political pressure, government authorities at last released Alice Paul, Lucy
Burns, and other suffrage prisoners. Finally, on January 9, 1918, Wilson announced his support for suffrage followed by the House of Representatives. On
June 4, 1919, the Senate passed the Amendment. A year later, on August 26, 1920, Tennessee became the 36
th
state which ratified the amendment. Those aforementioned evidences explain the efforts that have been done
by Alice Paul to get women suffrage becoming a passage in constitutional amendment providing: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the U nited States or by any State on account of sex.”
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGESTIONS
In this last chapter, the writer presents the conclusions after conducted the study. It encompasses the main points which cover the whole idea from the previous
chapters. Besides, she also provides some suggestions for the readers who want to conduct a research in literature.