general | May 12, 2026

Swarthmore College Notable Alumni

Birthdate: January 11, 1885

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey, United States

Died: July 9, 1977

Alice Paul was an American Quaker, feminist, suffragist, and women's rights activist. She is best remembered for strategizing events like the Silent Sentinels and the Woman Suffrage Procession, which resulted in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920. Alice Paul often displayed courage while confronting police brutality for her activism.