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January 27, 2005


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New dorm to be named for Alice Paul

The search for a name for Swarthmore’s newest building is over.

According to Vice President Maurice Eldridge ’61, a permanent name has been chosen for the building that has until now been referred to as New Dorm. The dormitory will be named to commemorate Alice Paul, class of 1905.

Paul, a longtime feminist activist, is the founder of the National Woman’s Party and author of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Her name stood out as the frontrunner in the name-suggestion process, according to Stude…

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