Iron Jawed Angels

I first saw Iron Jawed Angels my senior year in my Contemporary U.S. Studies class in high school. I thought it was a very inspirational film, and it taught me that women went through much more than what I was ever taught to get the right to vote. I had no idea that they went to some of the lengths that they had to go through in order to achieve this right.

I was not able to see the movie from again from anything other than youtube, so I have forgotten a lot from the movie. However, one of the things I remember that interested me was that the women's movement was not always united on how to get to equality. Many women did not feel it was necessary to go to jail or go on hunger strikes like I remember they did in the movie.

A scene that really was dramatic and struck me was the scene when Alice Paul is force-fed after not refusing to eat. It took a lot of strength for her to go on a hunger strike in the name of what she believed. I like how they start singing in support of eachother. It was just an emotional scene that really stood out to me.