<P> The NWP played a critical role in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, which granted U.S. women the right to vote . Alice Paul then turned her attention to securing the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) which she felt was vital for women to secure gender equality . The NWP regrouped in1923 and published the magazine Equal Rights . The publication was directed towards women but also intended to educate men about the benefits of women's suffrage, women's rights and other issues concerning American women . </P> <P> Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction . </P> <P> The NWP did not support protective legislation and argued that these laws would continue to depress women's wages and prevent women from gaining access to all types of work and parts of society . But, the NWP did support working women and their support was vital throughout their campaign for the national Amendment . Alice Paul organized many working class deputations and even sent over 400 blue collar workers to meet with Wilson . Although seen as highly controversial due to the status difference, this move showed Paul's support for all types of women, not just those of prestigious class . </P> <P> After 1920, the National Woman's Party authored over 600 pieces of legislation fighting for women's equality; over 300 were passed . In addition, the NWP continued to lobby for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and under president Sarah Tarleton Colvin, who served in 1933, pressed for equal pay . Scholar Mary K. Trigg has noted, "...the NWP played a central role in the women's rights movement after 1945 . It stuck to its laser - like focus on the ERA, doggedly lobbying year in and year out for the amendment's introduction in Congress ." In 1997, the NWP ceased to be a lobbying organization . Instead, it turned its focus to education and to preserving its collection of first hand source documents from the women's suffrage movement . The NWP continues to function as an educational organization, maintaining and interpreting the collection left by the work of the historic National Woman's Party . </P>

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