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- Alice Paul and the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage - Bill of Rights . . .
Paul challenged the boundaries of acceptable public behavior in order to gain attention and sympathy for her cause In 1913, she and other NAWSA members saw in Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration a perfect opportunity to push for a women’s suffrage amendment
- Learning from Dr. Alice Paul (U. S. National Park Service) - NPS
In 1913, Alice Paul asked Nina Allender to draw cartoons supporting the women’s suffrage campaign These cartoons helped to shape the public’s perception of what a suffragist looked like You can see some of Allender’s cartoons here and learn more about suffrage and anti-suffrage cartoons here
- Alice Paul’s Crusade: How A Young Quaker from New Jersey Changed the . . .
And that was the point of it all: to keep suffrage constantly in front of the public, even to the nation’s farthest frozen frontiers Between 1913 and 1918, she had proved to be a master tactician, a pioneer in non-violent resistance, a talented fundraiser, a charismatic organizer and a public relations genius
- The Movement as a Mosaic: Alice Paul and Woman Suffrage
Alice Paul’s fight to win passage of the 19th Amendment accomplished much more than giving the women the right to vote A Federal court threw out the charges against the picketers, and permits to demonstrate in the nation’s capital, once denied, were reluctantly granted
- Alice Paul - National Womens History Museum
Suffragist Alice Paul advocated for the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, and authored the Equal Rights Amendment in 1923, which has yet to be adopted Learn more at womenshistory org
- Alice Paul: Champion of Woman Suffrage
For seven years she kept the demand for woman suffrage squarely in the public and presidential eyes in demonstrations that eventually escalated to picketing the White House and burning President Wilson’s speeches
- Men and Women Shall Have Equal Rights: Alice Paul and the Suffrage . . .
Alice Paul, quoted in Amelia R Fry, Conversations with Alice Paul, p 187 In 1943 Paul wrote the revised version we know today: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex ”
- Life Story: Alice Paul - Women the American Story
On March 3, 1913, 8,000 women travelled to Washington, D C to participate, and about 500,000 spectators watched The march was heavily covered by the press and brought new prominence to the fight for a suffrage amendment, but it was not without controversy Alice tried to segregate Black suffragists to appease racist white suffragists
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