Object Details
referenced
Paul, Alice
Description
On January 11, 1914 Elizabeth Kent of the Congressional Union for Woman’s Suffrage presented Alice Paul with a silver loving cup "in affectionate recognition of her wisdom, her devotion and her courage." It was Paul’s twenty-ninth birthday. At this meeting Alice Paul announced her daring new strategy: campaigning to defeat members of the political party in power (at that time the Democratic Party) until that party officially supported woman suffrage. This change from the more conservative state-by-state lobbying efforts fractured the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association and the Congressional Union for Woman’s Suffrage. Paul split off from the National American Woman Suffrage Association and eventually formed the National Woman’s Party.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Alice Paul Centennial Foundation Inc
associated date
1914-11-01
ID Number
1987.0165.158
accession number
1987.0165
catalog number
1987.0165.158
Object Name
silver loving cup
trophy
Physical Description
silver (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 18 cm x 13 cm x 9 cm; 7 3/32 in x 5 1/8 in x 3 17/32 in
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Political History: Political History
Government, Politics, and Reform
Woman Suffrage
Data Source
National Museum of American History
general subject association
Women's Suffrage
Women's History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_765914