Iron Jawed Angels Analysis
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 of publicity for their parade. They wore fancy apparel and included multiple races of women. The parade was long and multiple floats accompanied the activists walking beside to them. Although the parade was precisely planned, only a few in the crowd cheered. Some of the men in the audience …show more content…
The hunger strike is a third method used by women to gain the right to vote. She causes a chain reaction which makes the other women do it as well. Sadly, the wardens force fed Alice because they didn’t want the prison to look bad if somebody died of hunger in it. Alice was even sent to a mental institution because they declared her “insane” mistaking her willingness to die for the women's right to vote as insanity instead of courage. (“Give me liberty or give my death”, Quoted Patrick Henry, a man looked upon as a hero and a warrior, but as Alice Paul refined the certain words in her own way she is looked upon as insane. This explains the diversity of a woman’s voice compared to a man’s and how underlooked women are when it comes to their voice). After a personal description written by Alice about her experience falls into Senator Leighton’s hands, news of her treatment is published in multiple newspapers. Leighton makes a public speech informing the suffering of the victims. As a result, the activists gain public sympathy which let to debates on making the amendment for the women's right to
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 of publicity for their parade. They wore fancy apparel and included multiple races of women. The parade was long and multiple floats accompanied the activists walking beside to them. Although the parade was precisely planned, only a few in the crowd cheered. Some of the men in the audience …show more content…
The hunger strike is a third method used by women to gain the right to vote. She causes a chain reaction which makes the other women do it as well. Sadly, the wardens force fed Alice because they didn’t want the prison to look bad if somebody died of hunger in it. Alice was even sent to a mental institution because they declared her “insane” mistaking her willingness to die for the women's right to vote as insanity instead of courage. (“Give me liberty or give my death”, Quoted Patrick Henry, a man looked upon as a hero and a warrior, but as Alice Paul refined the certain words in her own way she is looked upon as insane. This explains the diversity of a woman’s voice compared to a man’s and how underlooked women are when it comes to their voice). After a personal description written by Alice about her experience falls into Senator Leighton’s hands, news of her treatment is published in multiple newspapers. Leighton makes a public speech informing the suffering of the victims. As a result, the activists gain public sympathy which let to debates on making the amendment for the women's right to