History

1. Conversations with Alice Paul Woman Suffrage and the Equal Rights Amendment
This oral history was recorded in November 1972 by Amelia R. Fry. During the interviews, Paul talked about her family and education, her suffrage work in Britain, the suffrage campaign in USA, the Equal Rights Amendment and other accomplishments. The oral history also includes Letters from Alice Paul, Suffragists songs and several newspaper clippings. At the time of the interview, Paul was eighty seven years old and according to Fry, although she had forgotten some of the more brutal details of the suffrage campaign, she still seemed to be very mush in charge of her mental faculties. Hence, this is an extremely important and an accurate enough account of the suffrage movements and the life of Alice Paul.

2. The photograph below is of the celebrations after the thirty sixth state, Tennessee, ratified the amendment and the nineteenth amendment became a law. In the photograph, Alice Paul is seen unfurling a banner from the second floor balcony of National Womans Party headquarters in Washington D.C. The banner has 36 stars representing the 36 states that had ratified. Alice Paul had herself sewed on the 36th star.
 
3. This photograph shows women and children parading in the streets of Washington in May 1914. This orderly, non-violent parade attracted a huge crowd as can be clearly seen in the photograph. Although women had been carrying out such parades for quite some time, they were ignored until the start of the World War I, when the government started taking strict actions against them.

4. This handbill was an invitation to attend demonstrations in Chicago on 10th and 11th April 1916 to argue the case for womens suffrage. The handbill refers to enfranchised states as a reminder that some states had already granted suffrage to women. The handbill lists the speakers at the demonstration, which is essentially a list of all the important suffragists. This is an important document as it helps us understand the various strategies that women employed to win suffrage.

5. This handbill was published in 1917 and contains concerns regarding the imprisoned picketers. This is an important document since it presents both the picketers argument for being given suffrage as well as explains how picketing women were illegally arrested and detained. The handbill tells of the plight of the imprisoned women who were acting well within their rights. It also states how after being illegally detained, these women were also denied their right of trial by jury. The handbill is also an invitation to attend a speech.