USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Formed in 1913 as the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, the organization was headed by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paul believed that the movement needed to focus on the passage of a federal suffrage amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Detailed explanation-3: -When she first returned to the United States, Alice Paul attempted to work with the main US suffrage organization, the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). They appointed her chair of the NAWSA Congressional Committee in 1912.

Detailed explanation-4: -Feminist. A leader in the fight to ratify the 19th Amendment in 1920 to extend voting rights to women, Alice Paul authored the Equal Rights Amendment 1923 and spent the rest of her life fighting for its ratification to ensure the U.S. Constitution protects women and men equally.