Alice Paul: The Struggle For Women's Suffrage

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“There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it”-Alice Paul. Alice Paul truly lived out this quote. Alice impacted society in many ways, such as fighting for women’s rights, getting women into power, and dedicating her entire life to fight for women's suffrage. Alice was part of many organizations for women's suffrage. Alice thought that the world had so many problems because women were not in power.
Alice Paul was born on January 11th, 1885 in Moorestown, New Jersey. Alice was raised in a Quaker lifestyle. Throughout her childhood, Alice was motivated to reach for the stars and to persevere her dreams. Alice Paul graduated from Swarthmore College in 1905 and then continued her studies in New York and eventually got …show more content…

Nearly a year later, Alice became tired of the associations policies and then created her own association. It became known as the Congressional Union for Women’s Suffrage and eventually grew and became the National Women’s Party. As her association became known, it inspired other women to join and to protest for their rights. She soon had an army of women protesting for their equal rights.
“Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?” is a quote from one of the many picket signs that were used for protesting equal rights to the president. The president at the time, Woodrow Wilson, and Alice Paul had an ongoing feud because he felt that her actions were “unladylike”. This feud fueled her passion to fight for her rights.
In 1923, Alice went to congress and asked them to pass the first equal rights amendment to the constitution. It ultimately failed to pass. Alice Paul soon started her work internationally and got the attention of the League of Nations. She became chairman of the Women’s Rights Foundation from 1927 to 1937. After she left the Women’s Rights Foundation, Alice soon created the World Women’s Party. In 1942, Alice was elected chairman of the National Women’s Party. As she was working for gender equality, she eventually got an equal rights amendment added to the Preamble of the United Nations in 1964. In the 1970’s, the equal rights amendment was ratified in 35 states, and in 1982, it was only three states away from becoming an constitutional

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