Alice Paul (1885-1977)

"While studying in London, she heard Christabel Pankhurst speak and was inspired to join the WSPU. She was arrested several times for her part in their protets and brought their confrontational tactics back to the U.S. suffrage movement, leading a provacative march on Washington in 1913 and the picketing of the White House for two straight years. She drafted the Equal Rights Amendment, which would give American women the right to equal treatment under the law with men. This amendment has yet to be ratified." David Roberts, Suffragette: The Battle for Equality

Alice Paul beleive that the 19th Amendment was a step in the right direction but could not change America's long history of bias and discrimination towards women. She proposed this amendment then known as the Lucretia Mott Amendment: "Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."