Actively identified with the woman suffrage movement, Paul served as vice-president and was the co-founder of the Susan B. Anthony Foundation.

Her father, who was of an English family tracing descent from William the Conqueror, came from England to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the age of ten.

[7] She opened a Biblical Museum of costumes and articles from the Holy Land, collected originally by Madame Lydia Mamreoff Von Finkelstein Mountford, and used by Paul in her lectures on the life of Christ, for classes studying the Bible from the human standpoint.

[1] Paul was one of the founders of the National Progressive Educational Association,[2] and a charter member of the Anthony League of the District of Columbia.

[3] She served as vice-chair of the Legislative Committee, General Federation of Women's Clubs; and as vice-president of the White House Chapter, American Woman's Republic.

Academic courses included science, literature, English, French, music, art, studio, and languages.

Practical and vocational courses included business, journalism, short story writing, parliamentary law, kindergarten training, and domestic science.

[9][10] In addition, the institute offers advanced courses in citizenship, public speaking, psychology, symbolism, and metaphysics.