Miss Alice Paul -

Engage Zoe to tell the story of
the Equal Rights Amendment, 1923 ~ today,
and its author, Miss Alice Paul.

This presentation includes Zoe's summer of 1982,
the recent victories and current campaign.
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The Equal Rights Amendment

The Heart of Alice Paul

August 27, 1920 Alice Paul did not give up.
July 1, 1982 Zoe Nicholson did not give up.

Alice and Zoe have never given up on the ERA. Even though most women went back to their daily lives, Alice and Zoe carried on.

1920, the vote won and Alice Paul went on to earn 3 law degrees, paid off all suffrage debts and wrote the Equal Rights Amendment.

July, 1982, the ERA defeated and Zoe Nicholson got to work publishing her ERA diary, serving on the ERA Roundtable, and founding ERA Once and For All.

This is Zoe's story. This is the story of the Equal Rights Amendment. This is Alice Paul reaching through the decades finishing her mosaic of Equality.

Her love for Miss Paul lifts Alice out of invisibility.
Her voice is so intimate, it feels like sitting with her in the rotunda.
Her relentless activism inspires.
Her demand for equality is contagious.

Activist and Artist, Zoe Nicholson tells the story of The Equal Rights Amendment, from Miss Paul’s first insight in 1906 to the May 29, 2018 ratification in Illinois.

Zoe sat in the eye of the political storm, on a folding chair in the Illinois rotunda fasting on water for the 37 days leading up to the defeat of the ERA. Inspired by Sonia Johnson and joined by 5 more women, they lobbied, they faced grave danger, they talked with opponents and supporters alike.

Here is the story of radical feminists and the unfinished business of Constitutional Equality. Now, more than ever it is apparent that nothing less will create lasting equality, equity, and representation.
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I am fasting for equality of rights under the law in the United States. I am fasting to legislate treating adults without regard to gender. I am fasting to criminalize discrimination. But, my heart wants so much more. June 16, 1982

Invite Zoe and her story to your group, organization, class or church. She will inform, inspire and take you on a journey you will never forget.

Ask for her proprietary slide show of rare pictures from the Illinois rotunda during the fast.

Leave time for a Q&A