Alice Paul
11 January 1885 – 9 July 1977
Alice Paul was an American suffragist and women's rights activist who led the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. She founded the National Woman's Party and authored the original Equal Rights Amendment, employing militant tactics learned from the British suffrage movement.
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Life events
Alice Stokes Paul was born into a Quaker family in Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPaul earned her undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWhile studying in England, Paul worked with the militant Women's Social and Political Union and was imprisoned.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPaul organized the massive suffrage parade held the day before Woodrow Wilson's inauguration.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPaul established the National Woman's Party to push for a federal suffrage amendment.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPaul organized pickets outside the White House and endured imprisonment and force-feeding during a hunger strike.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote was ratified after years of Paul's campaigning.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPaul wrote the original text of the Equal Rights Amendment, first introduced in Congress.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPaul received law degrees, including a doctorate, from American University.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgPaul died at age 92 in Moorestown, New Jersey.
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