The struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment started more than a century ago when leading suffragist Alice Paul first proposed it shortly after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which ...

A combative and outspoken leader in the women's suffrage movement, Alice Paul broke away from the National American Woman Suffrage Association to form the more radical National Woman's Party.

While studying in London, Alice Paul joined the 'suffragettes'. She attended rallies, disrupted speeches and took part in deputations demanding the right to vote. In the summer of 1909 ...