Alice Paul
Alice Paul is a well-educated, Quaker woman working and studying in England in 1907 when she became interested in the issue of women’s suffrage. She met Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters, Christabel and Sylvia, who were causing controversy throughout England with their militant tactics to secure the vote for women.1
A brilliant organizer and activist, Alice Paul believed that women would never be given the vote; they had to demand it. Born to a Quaker family in New Jersey, she graduated from Swarthmore College and earned a social-work degree in New York.2
While in London from 1906 to 1909, Alice Paul became political active and unafraid to use dramatic tactics in support of a cause. She joined the women’s suffrage movement in Britain and was arrested several times and served time in jail three separate times.3
API Heritage Programs are part of the organization’s overall mission to educate the public about the life and work of Alice Paul, preserve her birthplace, historic Paulsdale and promote gender equity by encouraging the incorporation of women’s history into educational curriculum. API Heritage Programs emphasize the overall message that one person can make a difference.4
The Alice Paul Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public about the life and work of New Jersey?s most famous suffragist, Alice Stokes Paul (1885-1977), author of the Equal Rights Amendment, founder of the National Woman?s Party, and a lifelong activist for women?s equality. API?s mission is to educate the public about her life, preserve historic Paulsdale, develop future leaders, and work towards achieving women?s equality.5