The Iron Jawed Angels Suffrage Movement

Iron Jawed Angels After watching “Iron Jawed Angels” I gained more knowledge and a stronger sense of the realities that women had to go through to achieve their independence and gain place in a male dominated society. Up until the 19th century, women had the role as homemakers and were only allowed to duties within the home; they couldn’t go out into society. With developing political and industrial systems, women could use those skills as a voice in American government and society. “Dress up prejudice and call it politics” a quote in the movie Iron Jawed Angels which represents the struggle of the women’s suffrage movement. The battle for suffrage was a difficult and long process, lead by ingenious and very talented women in different ways; handing out pamphlets, public parade, petition to the president, and demonstration to the public. Iron Jawed Angels shows us the core of the women’s suffrage movement. …show more content…
Alice Paul’s public demonstration for women’s voting right gained the support in the passage of the 19th amendment. When one suffragist fell down because of fatigue, when the public parade and demonstrating is physically disturbed by males, when the suffragist are being force-fed in the prison, none of them shifted, they stuck together, making them even stronger then they were before. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were the two leaders of the NWP (National Woman’s Party). The two women are an inspiration to all other women. They stood up to how it is they felt and they weren’t going to let anyone bring them down or get in their way. Alice Paul used nonviolent protest to demand the vote; men and still denied police protection assaulted