Series: Curiosity Kit: Dr. Alice Paul

Curiosity Kits inspire exploration and learning of history through place. These multi-piece resources include articles that explore historic places and provide educational activities for life-long learners. This kit focuses on the life and work of Dr. Alice Paul, a women’s rights activist. She is best known as one of the main leaders of the effort to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. Use this series to learn more about Paul’s life and contribution to the women’s suffrage movement.

  • Article 1: Learning from Dr. Alice Paul

    Woman raising cup with flag in background. Library of Congress.

    This Curiosity Kit Educational Resource explores the life and legacy of Dr. Alice Paul, a noted suffragist. You'll find information about Paul as well as education activities about women's suffrage and the US Constitution. Read more

  • Article 2: Places of Dr. Alice Paul

    Woman sitting sewing flag with stars on it.

    Born in 1885, Dr. Alice Paul did not become active in the suffrage movement until the 1910s, about fifty years after the first National Woman’s Rights convention at Seneca Falls in 1848. Embracing the more radical tactics of British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, including prison hunger strikes and picket lines, Paul galvanized support for women’s suffrage in the western states. Explore some of the places associated with Paul's life and trace her suffrage journey. Read more

Tags: women’s history women’s rights women’s suffrage suffrage movement 19th amendment alice paul suffragist shaping the political landscape early 20th century gilded age teaching with historic places national register of historic places curiosity kit