Last week, a beautiful bouquet of butter-yellow roses was left anonymously on the doorstep of Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument in Washington, D.C. Rangers put the roses inside the Hall of Portraits, where sculpted and painted images of Alice Paul, Alva Belmont, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth and many National Woman's Party members could see the bouquet from their pedestals and frames. This 200-year-old house is a testament to the nation's continuing struggle for equality and honors a community who dedicated their lives to the fight for women's rights. A hundred years ago today, the 19th Amendment was certified as part of the U.S. Constitution. We are grateful for the roses and the chance to honor those who marched before us. Photo by National Park Service.

Reposted from @quotabelle - “Raise your hand” ~ Alice Paul Tapper . . Ten-year-old Alice noticed that the girls in her class were not participating as much as the boys ~ so she took action. Working with her Girl Scout troop she designed a patch program to help build confidence so their voices would be heard. And, she actually inked an op-ed that appeared in the New York Times. Her positive actions have led to a book, titled Raise Your Hand, due out in March 2019. We think Alice’s words have a message beyond elementary school. We even dedicated our latest book, Grit & Grace, to Alice and the girls of the world. BTW...Alice’s name is inspired by the legendary leader, suffragist Alice Paul. #BeautifullySaid by #alicepaultapper #smartgirl #youngleader #alicepaul #girlscouts @gscnc #girlscoutsnationscapital #raiseyourhand #gritandgrace #quotabelle - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/BtRq_sYFWop/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=em7gtproidne

Paulsdale, the birthplace of suffragist Alice Paul in Mount Laurel, #NewJersey. The home was built in 1800 by Benjamin Hooton in the Greek Revival style. Alice’s family moved in the farmhouse, which had been remodeled with Victorian style elements, in 1883 and Alice was born in 1885. It remained in the family until 1958 when it was sold. In 1990, it was purchased and restored by the Alice Paul Institute, which now operates the house as their headquarters and #museum. #nj #njhistory #SpreadTheHistory #historygirl #history #archi_ologie #oldhouselove #architecture #travelblog #travelblogger #blogger #blog #ushistory #americanhistory #explorenj #jerseycollective #journeythroughjersey #alicepaul #mountlaurel #mountlaurelnj #mtlaurel #paulsdale #greekrevival #alicepaulinstitute #suffragist (at Alice Paul Institute) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn7aLIEh1xJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15ln702afrtku

On This Day in 1972, Congress adopted the Equal Rights Amendment. Suffragist Alice Paul first proposed the document forty-nine years earlier and, to this day, it remains unratified. Learn more about the Equal Rights Amendment in this primary source set: https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/sets/the-equal-rights-amendment This portrait of Alice Paul comes from the collection of the National Portrait Gallery via Smithsonian.

🔮✨ Horoscope for February 20th: Today's celestial energy empowers you to embrace your strength and resilience! On this day in 1933, activist and suffragette, Alice Paul, introduced the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Congress, advocating for gender equality. Channel her spirit of empowerment and stand tall in your convictions! 💪🚺

When the #1913 Washington D.C. #SuffrageParade was being planned, #NellieQuander, as President of the sorority, wrote #AlicePaul that “there were a number of college women of #HowardUniversity who would like to participate in the women suffrage procession,” but “do not wish to enter if we must meet with discrimination on account of race affiliation.” Two days later, Nellie Quander wrote Paul a second letter, reiterating the desire to participate and requesting to be assigned in a “desirable place in the college women’s section.”    On March 3, 1913, almost 50 African American women participated in the 1913 #WomensSuffrageParade, including women from Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, and New York, and Washington D.C., including young women from #Howard. The challenge of whether or not to encourage African American women to participate in the parade presented a conundrum to parade organizers and members of #NAWSA. Alice Stone Blackwell (1857-1950), editor of the Women’s Journal, wrote Alice Paul on January 23, “ I am glad that colored women are allowed to register for the procession—it would be a shame if they were not—but I agree with you in hoping that not many will do so in view of the wicked and irrational color prejudice so prevalent in Washington, and I certainly do not see that the procession committee is under any obligation to try to get out a large number of colored women…” Conversely, a member of NAWSA telegraphed Paul on February 28, “Am informed that parade committee has so strongly urged colored women not to march that it amounts to official discrimination from National Headquarters. Please instruct all marshals to see that all colored women who wish to march shall be accorded every service given to all marchers.” #AKA1908 #AlphaKappaAlpha #EthelMadeUsNellieSavedUs #EthelMadeUs #NellieSavedUs https://www.instagram.com/p/CoA-qzULG3e/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Credited with revitalizing the movement for women's suffrage, 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 (1885-1977) mobilized a generation of women who had grown impatient with the incremental measures being taken toward gaining the vote. Paul helped to found the Congressional Union (later the National Woman's Party) and led a movement dedicated to the passage of a constitutional amendment for women's suffrage. Her tactics led to the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1919.⠀ ⠀ Often rigid and conservative, Paul never embraced a broad social platform for women's rights. But her single-minded devotion to legal equality shaped the feminist movement over much of the twentieth century.⠀ ⠀ ==⠀ ⠀ Source: "Alice Paul." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, vol. 19, Gale, 1999. Gale In Context: Biography⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #pgcc #pgcclibrary #womenshistorymonth #alicepaul (at Prince George's Community College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9UgGDtHVMT/?igshid=1if2on2b4d6aa