The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention on women’s rights is cited by many as the launching point for the drive to enfranchise women. Less known is the 1921 Washington, D.C. convention called by Burlington County’s Alice Paul to chart the future course for the women’s movement following the victory of the amendment giving them the vote.

On the eve of the February convention, Paul made her position clear.

“In the home, women are as a class still dependent for their support and their children’s welfare on their husbands.