"Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty? We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million American women are denied the right to vote. The President himself has hindered our enfranchisement. We will not wait passively while a great wrong is being perpetrated upon us. We will continue to picket the White House." — Alice Paul, 1917
After 1920 Paul shifted to championing
- A
Pacifist disarmament treaties
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The Equal Rights Amendment first proposed in 1923
- C
Anti-lynching legislation
- D
Repeal of Prohibition
Explanation
Paul drafted the original ERA in 1923 and lobbied for it for decades, opposing protective labor laws she viewed as discriminatory.