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Alice Paul

Portrait Gallery

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Object Details

Artist

Underwood & Underwood, active 1880 - c. 1950

Sitter

Alice Paul, 11 Jan 1885 - 9 Jul 1977

Exhibition Label

Alice Paul was a genius political tactician. After graduating from Swarthmore College in 1905, she moved to London in 1907. She became inspired by the British suffragettes, whose use of spectacle and the media were highly effective. Upon her return to the United States in 1910, she introduced compelling tactics like parades to the women’s suffrage movement. In 1913, she organized the first nonviolent march on Washington, D.C.
Paul felt that American suffragists would be most effective if they pushed for a federal amendment to the Constitution. However, members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, led by Anna Howard Shaw, continued the traditional approach of petitioning legislatures and lobbying politicians on the state level. This disagreement led Paul to form the Congressional Union in 1913. By 1917, her militant suffrage strategies included picketing the White House.
Alice Paul fue una estratega política genial. En 1907, dos años después de graduarse de Swarthmore College, se mudó a Londres. Allí encontró inspiración en las sufragistas británicas, quienes utilizaban el espectáculo y los medios informativos con suma efectividad. Al regresar a Estados Unidos en 1910, introdujo en el movimiento sufragista tácticas llamativas, como los desfiles. De hecho, en 1913 organizó la primera marcha pacífica en Washington, D.C.
Paul creía que lo más eficiente para el sufragio sería presionar por una enmienda constitucional a nivel federal. Sin embargo, la Asociación Nacional Americana Pro Sufragio de la Mujer, dirigida por Anna Howard Shaw, continuaba con el enfoque tradicional de cabildeos y peticiones a las legislaturas estatales. Este descuerdo llevó a Paul a fundar la Unión Congresista en 1913. Para 1917, sus estrategias militantes incluyeron piquetes ante la Casa Blanca.

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Francis A. DiMauro

Date

c. 1923

Object number

NPG.2007.288

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

Image: 24.2 × 16.4cm (9 1/2 × 6 7/16")
Sheet: 25.8 × 17.8cm (10 3/16 × 7")
Mat: 55.9 x 40.6cm (22 x 16")

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Costume\Jewelry\Watch
Costume\Outerwear\Coat\Fur
Alice Paul: Female
Alice Paul: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Suffragist
Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4e51dd9fa-6b11-4f69-8cf4-13b814506034

Record ID

npg_NPG.2007.288

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