<P> The Silent Sentinels were a group of women in favor of women 's suffrage organized by Alice Paul and the National Woman 's Party . They protested in front of the White House during Woodrow Wilson 's presidency starting on January 10 , 1917 . The Silent Sentinels started to protest after a meeting with the president on January 9 , 1917 , during which he told the women to `` concert public opinion on behalf of women 's suffrage . '' The women protested for six days a week until June 4 , 1919 when the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed both by the House of Representatives and the Senate . </P>
where did the silent sentinels picket in support of women 's right to vote
in front of the White House