Without the tireless energy and devotion of
When I think of Alice Paul, I get
All women owe her so much...and yet,
Alice Paul was born in Moorestown, New Jersey,
From 1906 to 1909, Alice Paul worked in a
Back in the United States, she took her Ph.D.
But Alice Paul was more 'militant' than most of
Alice Paul lived and breathed women's rights.
What a day that was for Alice Paul,
The rest of her life, Alice Paul devoted to
Alice Paul, I am not sure I would be a
voter today!
Certainly she is one big reason
women get to vote in America.
goosebumps...
Where did she get the courage?
Where did she get the courage?
(Compared to her I am a WIMP)
most of us know very little about her.
I did not for a long time,
which is why I wanted to do this page.
in 1885, into a Quaker family.
She was graduated from Swarthmore in 1905
and went on to do graduate work in New York City.
From there she went to England.
settlement house in London,
was jailed on three occasions for
suffragist actions.
She learned a lot about politics then.
from the University of Pennsylvania in 1912.
This year she also became involed in the
National American Suffrage Association,
becoming its congressional committee chairperson.
the Association members...impatient for women's rights!
She helped to found the
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage in 1913.
Later this merged, in 1917,
to form The National Woman's Party.
Her house near the capital in Washington, D.C.
is a joy to visit.
Please visit it if you go to Washington.
From this house she tirelessly demonstrated
in front of the White House and Woodrow Wilson...
but it was not until 1920 that women
got the VOTE.
what a day !!!!!
the ERA, The Equal Rights Amendment.
In 1923 she introduced the first ERA to Congress.
She was never able to understand why all women
did not completely support the ERA.
Unfortunately the ERA has yet to be ratified.
However, Alice Paul did get an Equal Rights Affirmation
in the Preamble to the United Nations Charter.
Alice Paul was active in politics until
her death in 1977.
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