Alice Paul

All in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment, say "aye." Three years after women gained the vote in 1920, Alice Paul, who was imprisoned and force-fed for her suffrage work, wrote the Equal Rights Amendment, a natural next step given this nation's long...

In March, we celebrate Women's History Month. Learn more about some of the amazing women who have helped shape the world we live in at the Newport Beach Public Library. "The Great Divorce" by Ilyon Woo chronicles the landmark 19th century divorce...

Women secured the right to vote on this day in 1920. In celebration of the occasion, here are 5 books about women's suffrage. "Women Who Dare: Women of the Suffrage Movement" By Evelyn Sinclair and Janice E. RuthPomegranate, 64 pages, $12.95 From the...

"A Woman's Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot" by Mary Walton (Palgrave/Macmillan: 284 pp., $28.) Alice Paul was a warrior for women's suffrage. A Quaker from New Jersey, she went to Swarthmore, the college her maternal grandfather...

by Matthew Hay Brown After a primrary season divided between two of their colleagues, the Democratic women of the Senate rallied together behind a 10-item Checklist for Change they said they would pursue through the rest of the election season.......

When Everything Changed The Amazing Journey of American Women From 1960 to the Present Gail Collins Little, Brown: 472 pp., $27.99 I don't think I've ever finished a Gail Collins-penned editorial in the New York Times, and now I know why. Collins, the...