Alice Paul
publication date: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 (part of Fall 2016)
category: 
Activism
clue: Half of Americans can vote today thanks to the efforts of activists like this Jersey-born Quaker who looked like Hilary Swank.
explanation: Swank played Paul in Iron-Jawed Angels, a movie about the women's suffrage movement in the United States. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Richard Slominsky, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, and Jesse King
trivia: This goo was timed for publication on Election Day.
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