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This image depicts Alice Paul held down and force fed by jail workers. Alice Paul was a women’s rights activist and leader of the Congressional Union with Lucy Burns. During her time in jail, she participated in a hunger strike which eventually led to force feeding. Force feeding usually involves a tube down the victim's throat or nose. In this picture, there is writing on the jail wall that says, “votes for women”. This is what the suffragists had to go through to get women to vote. This hunger strike is out of the social norm so it is considered direct action.
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