Alice Paul and Moorestown
Women’s rights have come a long way, while there is still work to be done, we can thank some of the heroes of the 20th century for the better situation we have now. Alice Paul is one of these heroes, a suffragette leader who initiated changes in women’s rights around the globe.
Her life was truly dedicated to the sole purpose of attaining equal rights for women. Much like other famous protesters of the time, she was incarcerated several times while protesting in England. Alice Paul believed other women’s rights organizations such as the National American Women’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA) were to tame and employed more direct tactics in an organization of her own. This organization was the Congressional Union for Women’s Suffrage (CUWS) which merged with the Women’s Party 4 years after its conception to form the National Woman’s Party (NWP).
Paul was Highly educated, attaining her second doctoral degree from American University in 1928. She believed in the power of education and believed in the intelligence of women, citing that “World War II would never have happened if women had a say at the Paris Peace convention.”
Her many achievements are astounding for the time in which she lived
Despite most of her activism being behind her, she remained politically active. It was in this home that she successfully lobbied for the Equal Rights Amendment.
You can Paulsdale, a historic estate and house museum located at 128 Hooton Road, Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey. Built about 1840, it was the Farmhouse was birthplace and childhood home of Alice Paul.
Ms. Paul spent the latter part of her life in a Moorestown.
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