Alice Paul

NAME OF WOMEN SUFFRAGE LEADER

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Alice Paul

Alice Stokes Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American Quaker, suffragist, feminist, and women’s rights activist, and one of the main leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits sex discrimination in the right to vote. Paul initiated, and along with Lucy Burns and others, strategized events such as the Woman Suffrage Procession and the Silent Sentinels, which were part of the successful campaign that resulted in the amendment’s passage in 1920.

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NAME OF  SITE	DESCRIPTION	CITY	STATE
BIRTHPLACE	PAULSDALE HOME	MOUNT LAUREL	NEW JERSEY
SCHOOL	FRIENDS SCHOOL	MOORESTOWN	NEW JERSET
ALMA MATER	SWARTHMORE COLLEGE	SWARTHMORE	PENNSYLVANIA
BURIAL SIRE	WESTFIELD FRIENDS BURIAL GROUNDS-	CINNAMINSON	NEW JERSEY
INTERESTING FACT	SHE PLAYED A MAJOR PARK IN THE LATTER YEARS OF WOMENS SUFFRAGE

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