Paulsdale
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Paulsdale was the birthplace and childhood home of Alice Paul
, a leader in the Women's suffrage
movement in the United States. The Paul family had purchased 173 acre (0.70010678 km²) and the 1840 farmhouse around 1883. During the 1950s, Paulsdale was divided into two parcels: 167 acre (0.67582562 km²) of farmland and the remaining 6 acres (24,281.2 m²) which included the house and farm buildings. Both parcels were sold in the 1950s. The larger became a housing development and the smaller was a private residence until it was purchased by the Alice Paul Institute in 1990. The house has been restored to the condition when Paul lived there. It now serves as a Historic house museum and a home for the Institute.
Alice Paul
Alice Stokes Paul was an American suffragist and activist. Along with Lucy Burns and others, she led a successful campaign for women's suffrage that resulted in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.-Activism: Alice Paul received her undergraduate education from...
, a leader in the Women's suffrage
Women's suffrage
Women's suffrage or woman suffrage is the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed at extending these rights to women and without any restrictions or qualifications such as property ownership, payment of tax, or...
movement in the United States. The Paul family had purchased 173 acre (0.70010678 km²) and the 1840 farmhouse around 1883. During the 1950s, Paulsdale was divided into two parcels: 167 acre (0.67582562 km²) of farmland and the remaining 6 acres (24,281.2 m²) which included the house and farm buildings. Both parcels were sold in the 1950s. The larger became a housing development and the smaller was a private residence until it was purchased by the Alice Paul Institute in 1990. The house has been restored to the condition when Paul lived there. It now serves as a Historic house museum and a home for the Institute.
See also
- Barbara Haney IrvineBarbara Haney IrvineBarbara Haney Irvine is an American advocate for the preservation of women's historic sites. Irvine is the founding president of the Alice Paul Institute, named after American suffragist Alice Paul and is the executive director of the New Jersey Historic Trust...
, who led the campaign to save Paulsdale through the Alice Paul Institute.