in a pinafore at age six with her brother William. She looked serene even as a young girl. Alice Paul Institute

Alice’s father, William Paul, Alice inherited her mother’s often wore a solemn look. He large brown eyes and thick, dark overcame early struggles to hair. Tacie Parry left Swarthmore achieve business success. Alice College to marry William Paul in Paul Institute 1880. Alice Paul Institute Alice’s Swarthmore senior class basketball team gaily climbed up a ladder balanced against a lamppost to pose in their sweatshirts and bloomers. Alice is the center girl. Division of Political History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution Alice (standing, center) wore a long braid to pose with Moorestown relatives in 1907. Alice Paul Institute

Alice Paul’s 1908–10 letters from Britain reveal her emerging as a leader. At the end of this 1909 letter, she calms her mother’s fears about her time in jail. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University Alice (middle row, right) wears her glasses and her WSPU prison door pin in this photograph of her graduate women’s club or sorority. The photo probably dates from the time of her doctoral work at Penn, around 1911. Division of Political History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Alice pinned her WSPU prison brooch on her academic cap and gown. Her doctoral hood hangs off her shoulders.Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-48792 Alice looks uncomfortable sitting among notable parade volunteers in front of her new NAWSA office in Washington, DC, January 1913. From left, front row are Glenna Tinnin, Helen Gardener, Alice Paul, Elizabeth Kent, and Genevieve Stone. Standing in back, second from left is Nina Allender; second from right is Hazel MacKaye; on the far right is Elsie Hill. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-49123

The March 1913 suffrage procession starts off from the Capitol grounds. Jane Burleson and other horsewomen follow a flag-bearer and precede the float with the “Great Demand” for a suffrage amendment.Courtesy of the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, home of the historic National Woman’s Party Collection, Washington, DC (left) accompanied (center, in furs) when she appeared in Washington, DC, in late 1913. Library of Congress, LC-H261- 3299 [P&P]

The Congressional Union’s advisory council meets at the 1915 San Francisco Exposition. Seated at far left, Alva Belmont; to her immediate right, ; standing just to Field’s right, . Seated at center right, Alice Paul; standing to AP’s immedi- ate left, Anne Martin.Courtesy of the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, home of the historic National Woman’s Party Collection, Washington, DC Lucy Burns prepares to distribute leaflets from a hydroplane during the Suffrage Special stop in Seattle. Lieutenant Terah Maroney of the naval militia is the pilot in front. Courtesy of the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, home of the historic National Woman’s Party Collection, Washington, DC

In early 1917, banner-bearing NWP sentinels leave the gates after a shift on the picket line.Courtesy of the Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, home of the historic National Woman’s Party Collection, Washington, DC In late October 1917, a gaunt Alice Paul emerges from NWP headquarters holding a banner, on her way to be arrested at the White House gates. Dora Lewis follows her. Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, mnwp 160029

NWP organizers watch Alice sew a new star on the suffrage flag, which she used as a symbol of the progress of ratification. From left, Mabel Vernon, Elizabeth Kalb, Alice Paul, Florence Brewer Boeckel, Anita Pollitzer, Sue White, and Vivian Pierce. Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, LC-DIG-npcc-01204 At the May 1976 National Rally for Equal Rights, Pittsburgh ERA advocates display a message for the ailing ninety-year-old Alice Paul. Photo by Jane Wells-Schooley, courtesy Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University