Members from the League of Women Voters of Ridgefield have marked the 135th birthday of suffragette Alice Paul.  During a gathering Tuesday morning at the Keeler Tavern Museum, the group also kicked off the town’s yearlong commemoration of the 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment’s ratification. A longtime Ridgefield resident, Paul helped secure passage of the 19th Amendment that granted women the right to vote. In 1923, Paul authored the Equal Rights Amendment, which has yet to be adopted.  The gender equality measure is continuing to advance in the Virginia Legislature.  It has to be ratified by a certain number of states to become the next amendment to the U.S. Constitution.   Even if it's ratified in Virginia, court battles are expected nationwide over a long-passed 1982 deadline set by Congress.