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Alice Paul

1885 - 1977

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Alice Stokes Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American Quaker, suffragette, suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist, and one of the foremost leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits sex discrimination in the right to vote. Paul initiated, and along with Lucy Burns and others, strategized events such as the Woman Suffrage Procession and the Silent Sentinels, which were part of the successful campaign that resulted in the amendment's passage in August 1920. Paul often suffered police brutality and other physical abuse for her activism, always responding with nonviolence and courage. She was jailed under terrible conditions in 1917 for participating in a Silent Sentinels protest in front of the White House, as she had been several times during earlier efforts to secure the vote for women in the United Kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alice Paul is the 413th most popular social activist (down from 388th in 2019), the 5,614th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,751st in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Alice Paul ranks 413 out of 840. Before her are Pattimura, James Guillaume, Marsha P. Johnson, Virginia Bolten, Azucena Villaflor, and Kōtoku Shūsui. After her are Peter Arshinov, Lester R. Brown, Grace Sherwood, Alfreda Markowska, Romas Kalanta, and Frances Ames.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Alice Paul ranks 152. Before her are Allan Dwan, Ruben Sevak, Abdurauf Fitrat, Roger de La Fresnaye, Hedda Hopper, and Henry Taylor. After her are Alfréd Haar, Zhou Zuoren, Pierre Dupong, Sigrid Hjertén, Frederic Lewy, and Platt Adams. Among people deceased in 1977, Alice Paul ranks 153. Before her are Ilia Vekua, Diana Hyland, Azucena Villaflor, Alexander Rodimtsev, Konstantin Fedin, and Pascual Pérez. After her are Hugo Lahtinen, Betty Taylor, Héctor Méndez, Carlos Prío Socarrás, Otto Deßloch, and Bobojon Ghafurov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alice Paul ranks 5,614 out of 20,380. Before her are Larry Kudlow (1947), Barry Corbin (1940), Rockmond Dunbar (1974), Brian Schmidt (1967), Clem Burke (1954), and Budd Boetticher (1916). After her are Kid Ory (1886), Barbara Hale (1922), Joel McCrea (1905), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), Karen Nyberg (1969), and Nelson A. Miles (1839).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Alice Paul ranks 51. Before her are Leonard Peltier (1944), Dorothy Day (1897), Mathew Brady (1822), Sumner Paine (1868), Black Elk (1863), and Marsha P. Johnson (1945). After her are Lester R. Brown (1934), Grace Sherwood (1660), Huey P. Newton (1942), Claudette Colvin (1939), Nat Turner (1800), and Afeni Shakur (1947).

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