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Alice Paul was born on January 11,1885,



in Moorestown, New Jersey. Her father, who



died when Alice was sixteen, was a businessman,



banker, and property owner. The Pauls lived in the



small Quaker community of Moorestown. One of



the beliefs of the Quakers was equality of the sexes.



As a young girl, Alice attended the Quaker suffrage



meetings with her mother.



Alice Pauls' father left them enough



money so she could attend the exclusive Swarthmore



College in Pennsylvania. She graduated in 1905 as



a biology major, but after discovering politics in her



senior year, she went on to attend the New York



School of Philanthropy. She majored in sociology,



and spent all of her spare time working for the



woman suffrage in New York.



In 1907, Paul earned a master's degree



in sociolgy. She went to England to continue her



work toward her doctorate degree. She was begin-



ning to realize that she couldn't change the



situation by......

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