Alice Paul Day will be celebrated on Jan. 19 at 10:30 a.m. in the town hall’s lower level conference room. First Selectman Rudy Marconi will present the Ridgefield League of Women Voters with an Alice Paul Day proclamation and talk about what is happening in Ridgefield. The event is free and open to the public.
Suffragist Alice Paul, the author of the Equal Rights Amendment, had a home on Branchville Road from the 1940s to the 1970s. She was a leading figure in championing equal rights for women through the 20th Century.
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