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Alice Paul
Alice Paul 1885-1977
“I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality.”
-Alice Paul, 1972 interview.
Early Life
Born on January 11, 1885 in Moorestown, New Jersey, Alice Paul was a committed and passionate leader in the Women’s Suffrage Movement and the broader fight for gender equality.
Growing up in a Quaker household and attending Quaker schools, Paul was immediately exposed to gender equality as a basic, yet significant, principle. She excelled academically at a young age, graduating at the top of her class in 1901 before receiving a biology degree in 1905 from Swarthmore College.
As the purpose of her life and work became clearer, Paul approached her education with a fervent curiosity about how best to enact social solutions.
After receiving her masters in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1907, Paul traveled to England to st