The Alice Paul Center educates the public about the life and work of Alice Stokes Paul (1885-1977), and offers civic engagement and girls’ leadership development programs at Paulsdale, her home and a National Historic Landmark. Alice Paul led the final fight to get women the vote and wrote the Equal Rights Amendment. We honor her legacy as a role model of leadership in the continuing quest for equality.

The Alice Paul Center is a nationally recognized non-profit organization headquartered at Paulsdale, a National Historic Landmark (NHL) marking the birthplace of Alice Paul. Paulsdale is one of only 4% on NHLs in the country dedicated to the work of woman. 

The Alice Paul Center offers educational offerings for K-12 students, as well as leadership development initiatives for middle school to high school aged students. 

The Alice Paul Center advocates for full ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which Alice co-authored and introduced in 1923. Visit www.equalrightsamendment.org for more details. 

ADVOCACY. STEWARDSHIP. JUSTICE.

The Alice Paul Center for Gender Justice is a non-profit organization based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. API was founded in 1984 as the Alice Paul Centennial Foundation to commemorate the centennial of Paul’s 1885 birth. It was an all-volunteer effort until 2000. Today, staff, dozens of volunteers, and a board of directors work together to make the organization’s leadership development, civic engagement, and historic preservation work a success.  

API furthers the legacy of Alice Paul and her life’s work for gender equality, and also takes a leadership role in bringing recognition to women and the  organizations and historic sites that honor them. Headquartered within a National Historic Landmark, the organization is a model of adaptive reuse of a historic site that now hosts a vibrant menu of leadership development and civic engagement programs.  These offerings use the rich history and potential of women+ leaders to inspire young people to make a difference in their communities.

Alice Paul

Feminist. Suffragist.
Political Strategist.

Alice Paul was the architect of some of the most outstanding political achievements on behalf of women in the 20th century. Born on January 11, 1885 to Quaker parents in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, Alice Paul dedicated her life to the single cause of securing equal rights for all women.

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