How long was Alice paul in jail for?

Answer 1

The fight to get the vote for women was not always smooth and the women who wanted suffrage were not always treated with respect. Many, Alice Paul among them, were arrested for trespassing or marching without a permit or some other spurious charges, including resisting arrest. Alice Paul was one of the women arrested for picketing and for protesting how women were being treated. While we today would like to believe protests are protected under the first amendment, America was a very conservative place back then, and there were frequent crackdowns on suffragists (just as there would later be crackdowns on civil rights protesters). It should be noted that, yes, some activists did try to provoke the authorities in order to make their point, but all too often, suffragists were seen as troublesome and were arrested to send a message that their activities would not be tolerated.