Alice Paul Essay

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Throughout history women have had to fight for their spot to be recognized in society. There are many who fought for equal rights for women, but one in particular is Alice Paul. She worked hard alongside other powerful women such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady-Stanton, and many more. Her legacy on the women’s suffrage movement helped society give recognition to women and notice their importance in everyday life. Alice Paul was born on January 11, 1885 in Mount Laurel, New Jersey to Quaker parents, William and Tacie Paul. Growing up, Alice helped out on her family farm with her younger siblings William, Helen, and Parry. She and her siblings had agricultural responsibilities that instilled the values of industry and perseverance. Those two values would help her in her success later in life. As Quakers, her parents raised her to believe in gender equality, and the need to work for a better society. Hick site Quakers stressed separation from the escalating materialistic society and advocated the benefits of staying close to nature. Growing up on a 265-acre farm isolated her from the town, but didn’t completely close her out of life around her. The Paul’s lived a very simple life despite their wealth. All of this in some way influenced her views and helped her become the women she was. In school, Alice was a great student, an avid reader, and played several extracurricular sports. Alice attended a Hick site school in Moorestown, New Jersey and graduated top of her class in 1901. Alice was the only one out of four children who stayed four years at Swarthmore College; she graduated with a degree in biology. At Swarthmore, she was taught some of the academics needed for being a leading female which included mathematics. Like mother, like daughter. At an early age Alice’s ideas on suffrage were solely influenced by her mother, Tacie, who was a part of the Nation

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