Essay On Iron Jawed Angels

Women were viewed as citizens, but not in every equal aspect as men were. One of these aspects was the right to vote. Women were looked upon as the weaker sex, and dependent on men. Since women have that natural caring instinct, they suddenly are delicate and need someone to take charge and be strong for them. They are only here to take care of their husbands and the children. Do the laundry, cook, and clean, while the men make the decisions for them. Today we know that this is definitely not the case. But without the help of Alice Paul and all the women who sacrificed everything to get justice for all women, we wouldn’t be in the spot we are in today. The fight for woman’s suffrage and the fight to make woman be seen as who they really are, strong and independent was long and hard. The fight still continues today, but we have …show more content…
This film had so many interesting points and views that really made me step back and wonder how we allowed this to go on. Why men thought the way they did, with having daughters, sisters, wives, mothers, why wouldn’t they want them to have the same rights as them? One of the congressmen in the movie said "We don’t need women voting in South Carolina we know how to take care of our women” Women are more than capable to take care of themselves, and that’s shown remarkably throughout the movie when they are picketing outside the White House in the rain, snow and freezing cold, and also when they are thrown in jail without just cause. Another quote said in the movie that was moving to me was when the senators wife, Emily Leighton had said that “In prison or out, American women are not free” This powerful quote shows that these times these women were suffering through were filled with restrictions and repression. They were set to a stereotype of being a housewife and nothing