Alice Paul

Alice Paul was a genius political tactician. After graduating from Swarthmore College in 1905, she moved to London in 1907. She became inspired by the British suffragettes, whose use of spectacle and the media were highly effective. Upon her return to the United States in 1910, she introduced compelling tactics like parades to the women’s suffrage movement. In 1913, she organized the first nonviolent march on Washington, D.C.