Alice Paul (1912-20)
Women's Vote
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
Alice Paul was born on
January 11, 1885
in Moorestown, New Jersey
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
Alice Paul realized early in her career
that to make changes in society,
it takes a strong leader who has
determination and powerful strategies.
Paul provided just such leadership
for the woman suffrage movement.
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
She received a Ph.D. in social work
(University of Pennsylvania) and trained
in militant tactics from British
suffrage leaders. Later Paul joined the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association (NAWSA).
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
She began by putting on a parade
in Washington, D.C., to draw attention
to their honorable cause.
The parade was scheduled to
coincide with the inauguration festivities
for President Woodrow Wilson.
This resulted in near riots.
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
Paul and others
Relentlessly pursued
legislation that
would add a woman's
right to vote to the
Constitution for the
next seven years.
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
Paul left NAWSA and formed
a political party, the National Woman's
Party, that campaigned and demonstrated.
Party members picketed the
White House and ended up
behind bars, where they continued
their protest with a hunger strike,
until officials force-fed them.
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment,
allowing women the right to vote, was
finally added to the Constitution.
Before her death in 1977, Alice Paul
helped orchestrate enormous changes
in the rights and status of American
women, exemplifying a strong
and determined leader.
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
Following adoption of the Nineteenth
Amendment in 1920, on August 26,
1920, Tennessee became the 36th state
to ratify the amendment.
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment19/
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
The HBO Movie "Iron Jawed Angels"
tells this remarkable story of women
who put their lives on the line to
fight for American women's right to vote.
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
Iron Jawed Angels
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
Iron Jawed Angels
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
Iron Jawed Angels
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
Iron Jawed Angels
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Alice Paul (1912-20)
Acknowledgements:
1. http://www.alicepaul.org/
2. http://pbskids.org/wayback/civilrights/features_suffrage.html
3. http://womenshistory.about.com/od/paulalice/p/alice_paul.htm
4. http://www.hbo.com/films/ironjawedangels/
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