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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/am
endment19/
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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
• http//www.alicepaul.org/
• http//pbskids.org/wayback/civilrights/features_su
  ffrage.html
• 3. http//womenshistory.about.com/od/paulalice/
  p/alice_paul.htm
• http//www.hbo.com/films/ironjawedangels/