Alesha K. McCarty Title: Summary‚ Reaction‚ and Analysis Paper #1: Iron-Jawed Angels Iron-Jawed Angels is a film which portrays the 1920’s women’s suffrage movement. They led the struggle for the passage of the 19th amendment to the constitution which gave women the right to vote. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns along with other strong women petitioned‚ campaigned‚ and picketed to publicize the issue. After being arrested for “traffic violations” a group of women spent time in Occoquan
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Title: Summary‚ Reaction‚ and Analysis Paper #1: Iron-Jawed Angels Iron Jawed Angels is a story of two women fighting for women’s rights. They led the struggle for the passage of the 19th amendment to the constitution which gave women the right to vote. These two women along with others petitioned‚ campaigned‚ and picketed to publicize the issue. After being arrested for “traffic violations” a group of women spent time in Occoquan Workhouse. Here they went on a hunger strike to protest
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Iron Jawed Angels is a film which portrays the women’s suffrage movement during the 1920’s. The film is a documentary and a drama which uses live action and music to deliver the sympathetic and distressful mood the film creates. An example of the distressful mood is when the suffragists refuse to eat when they go to prison. This shows how passionate and distressed the suffragists are to get the 19th amendment passed‚ which would give women the right to vote. The films message‚ which is the hardships
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were seen working in factories or as teachers but they had no say in the government. Thanks to a few women dedicated to making a difference‚ women have become more independent and now have a say in the government if they choose too. The movie Iron Jawed Angels depicts a group of women who wanted women to have a voice in politics. First thing they had to do was get women the right to vote. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were the two leaders of the NWP (National Woman’s Party). The two women are an inspiration
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Iron-Jawed Angels: Movie Analysis1 After watching “Iron Jawed Angels” I gained a strong sense of reality when witnessing what women had to do to achieve their independence and gain a place in a male dominated society. Up until the late 19th century‚ women were perceived as homemakers and were allowed only domestic duties in society but with the emerging industrial and political system women could now use their domestic skill to propel their voice in American government and society. “Dress up
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of people who have decided to just not vote. It’s hard to believe it was unavailable to the country’s women until 1920‚ and not until after quite a fight and yet we still have so many people who take the responsibility to vote so lightly. Iron Jawed Angels is a movie that I had previously heard about and was on my list of movies I wanted to watch. I was excited that we had the opportunity to view it during this class. Before I had only heard in brief what women did to earn the right to vote but
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men dictated the majority of everything constitutional. Before August 18‚ 1920‚ women had no rights to contribute in the uprisings of our country. After years of extreme dedication and perseverance women finally recieved the right to vote. Iron Jawed Angels was the infamous movie that portrayed Alice Paul‚ the young suffragette and Carrie Chapman Catt‚ the well-known suffragist. This film depicted all the important dilemmas women faced throughout the years before receiving the rights they deserved
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Throughout the film‚ “Iron Jawed Angels”‚ a young woman‚ Alice Paul and her partner‚ Lucy Burns battle for the women’s right to vote throughout all 50 states in America. They used multiple methods that finally led to the 19 Amendment being created. Three major methods were used to earn their right. In the beginning of the film‚ the activists organized a women’s suffrage parade.The parade was held on the same day as Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration‚ which the women hoped would result in a lot of
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Iron Jawed Angels Have you ever wondered what being a woman of the 19th century was really like? Hillary Swank portrays it beautifully in this drama/romance that should be added to our High School library for all young women to see. Swank portrays a young defiant‚ Alice Paul‚ a political activist in Iron Jawed Angels‚ in which the director‚ Katja von Garni re-creates the history of the beginning of an end to women’s suffrage. The heart warming‚ true story of Alice Paul and Lucy Barnes is riveting
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The movie Iron Jawed Angels is mostly accurate‚ it goes in chronological order. The movie shows all of the events that occurred in history‚ the parade‚ the picketing of the white house‚ and the imprisonment of the suffrage women. The movie is so accurate that in history they have the women with a degree wear their college uniforms‚ and Inez Milholland is dressed as she did in all of the pictures that there are of her. In the movie Iron Jawed Angels‚ I watched how deeply the troubles and conflicts
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