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 visited England to learn 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.
In the US, Alice, again, 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
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