The Alice Paul Institute 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 Institute is a nationally recognized non-profit organization headquartered at Paulsdale, a National Historic Landmark marking the birthplace of Alice Paul. API is dedicated to continuing Alice Paul’s work toward securing lasting and legally protected equal rights for all.

The Alice Paul Institute offers leadership development workshops for teen girls, and civic engagement programs for women and men of all ages that connect history to contemporary events and issues.

API educates the public about the life and work of Alice Paul through fun educational and character development programs for K-12 students, and provides a vibrant array of lesson plans and curriculum support for educators.

Education. Empowerment. Equality.

The Alice Paul Institute (API) 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, eight paid 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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With your financial and in-kind support the Alice Paul Institute pursues three primary goals:

Preserve and maintain Paulsdale, Alice Paul’s family home, as an historical and community resource for future generations.

Offer educational, leadership development, and civic engagement events open to a diverse constituency.

Advocate for equality and the full ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which Alice Paul authored.

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