Alice Paul was an educated member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA.) Paul was born in Moorestown, New Jersey into a Quaker family with impressive lineage. Paul attended four academic institutions including a training school for Quakers in Woodbridge, England. She resided in England from 1907-1910. It was during her time in England that Paul apprenticed under Emmeline and Christobel Pankhurst. Upon her return to the United States Paul reentered the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her Ph.D. in sociology. Paul broke away from the NAWSA in 1914 and formed the National Woman's Party in 1916. She and her followers continued their campaign on the lawns of D.C. through World War 1. Paul was essential to the passage on the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. Alice Paul ended the public part of her career when her health forced her to relocate in Connecticut in 1972.