Alice Paul is known for founding the National Women's Party which took on the issue of suffrage and fought to get the 19th amendment ratified. She played a key role in getting the 19th amendment to pass. However, she did not stop there, she continued to fight for women's rights until the day she died which was in the 1970's.
Oh by the way, did you know that the 19th amendment was ratified 89 years ago in the state of Tennessee right outside of Nashville.
If you would like to learn more about her I recommend watching, my all time favorite movie, 'Iron Jawed Angels', which is the story of the struggle the first wave feminists went through to get the 19th amendment ratified.
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Oh the movie is on Youtube, in case you are interested.
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