Date of Award
2014
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Christy Holmes
Second Advisor
Meryl Altman
Third Advisor
Aaron Cavin
Abstract
I was fortunate enough to find a thesis topic within my own family. My paternal grandmother was guardian ad litem for Alice Paul in the later 1970s. Paul was instrumental in securing the passage of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote, and author of the Equal Rights Amendment among other contributions for women’s rights. Fortunately my grandmother saved court records, letters, her notes, and more for her period of activism with Paul and as part of the Ridgefield Connecticut National Women’s Political Caucus. I knew nothing of my grandmother’s work until last year. My thesis seeks to tell the stories of Alice Paul and my grandmother in their own words through the use of oral histories and to examine their paths into activism and the transfer of feminism across generations.
Recommended Citation
Edwards, Clark 14, "Unpacking the Suitcase: The Real Last Chapter of Alice Paul and Peg Edwards’s Activism, and Why These Stories Matter" (2014). Honor Scholar Theses
. 3, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/studentresearch/3
Comments
Honor Scholar thesis