As Americans celebrate the day that gave white men life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the Broadway musical Suffs explores the styles of activism used by Alice Paul, Ida B. Wells and others.

The film also notes Alice Paul's role in the fight to gain the right to vote for women. Victory finally came in 1919 and this year marks the 100th anniversary of that milestone.

At the Alice Paul Center for Gender Justice, children flipped through the pages of history during a special reading of The ABCs of Women's History on Saturday. The book's author, Rio Cortez, and ...