Alice Stokes Paul

(1885-1977)

Alice Paul was born into a Quaker family and she grew up believing that men and women were equal.

Alice saw that American women were treated like second class citizens.

She traveled to England and learned how Suffragettes worked for equal rights for women.

In England she marched, demonstrated, broke windows and went to jail.

When she came home to the USA, she worked for the right for women to vote.

Again, she marched, demonstrated, and went to jail.

In 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed which gave women the right to vote.

But Alice Paul did not stop her activities on behalf of women.

She began working for an amendment that made women fully equal to men.

The Equal Rights Amendment still has not been passed.

Netlinks for Alice Paul

Alice Paul Institute

Wikipedia: Alice Paul

Iron Jawed Angels: A film about the Suffragettes

Women's History: Alice Paul

Women in History: Alice Paul

Historical Marker in Occaquan, VA

Schoolnet UK: Alice Paul

Alice Paul House - For victims of domestic violence

Page created August 20, 2008. Anne Pemberton. Updated Thu, October 22, 2009 . AP.

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