Alice paul autobiography of miss universe

Alice Paul was a Quaker suffragist who fought to secure women the right to vote and other feminist causes. The author of the Equal Rights Amendment, written in 1923 but still not ratified, died at the age of 92 in 1977, and remains one of the nation’s most outspoken voices in the battle for equality.

“There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it,” she once said. 

Early Life and Education

Paul was born to suffragist Tacie Parry and successful Quaker businessman William Paul on January 11, 1885, in Mount Laurel, New Jersey.

The oldest of four siblings, she lived with her family on a 265-acre farm, and as Hicksite Quakers, was raised to value living simply along with a high importance placed on gender equality and advocacy.

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In fact, as a girl, she attended suffragist meetings with her mother.

“When the Quakers were founded…one of their principles was and is equality of the sexes,” Paul said. “So I never had any other idea…the principle was always the