Alice Paul
American Suffragist and Settlement Worker
1885 – 1977 A.D.

Alice Paul, an American suffragist and settlement worker, born in Moorestown, N.J. She soon became connected with settlements in New York, and in English cities, and was active in charity organization work. She was imprisoned three times in England, and three times in the United States for her activities in the woman suffrage movement. She held various offices in the Suffrage Association, and since 1917 has been chairman of the National Woman’s Party.

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Reference: Famous Women; An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women By Joseph Adelman. Copyright, 1926 by Ellis M. Lonow Company.