I really enjoyed the film Iron-Jawed Angels. As a female, who always fights for her rights, I had tremendous respect for the women who put everything on the line in order to get a vote for women. In the film, the main event that started it all for the National Women’s Party was the parade. At the time, there was support from the NAWSA because the NWP had not been completely formed. They marched in order to make the world aware that they wanted a vote for females. This is similar to the images we see in our book, Figure 8.1 -8.6. There were suffragists who marched down fifth avenue in the film (Figure 8.3), picketers who were in front of the white house and who were arrested (Figure 8.5). Overall, the film was an accurate depiction of what women suffragists were dealing with at the time. Although, in this film, there might have been discrepancies in order to get the “most viewers.” The people making the film wanted to the get the message of the NWP across to the viewers, but also wanted to make the most money. That would be a major pitfall in this film compared to what went down in history. In addition, viewers want love to see some form of romance in this film. The character played by Patrick Dempsey kept trying to win the heart of Alice Paul. Also, …show more content…
They wanted to have the ability to vote or not to vote. We see a different view of women’s rights in the film when the Senator’s wife goes against his will to help the NWP. When her husband finds out her total involvement he threatens to take her children away from her. She finally stands up for herself and makes it obvious that “those are HER children.” I believe this was a very important scene because throughout the movie she was quiet and submissive, but when her role as a mother is taken from her, she realizes that she will never be seen as an equal in her own home. She stands up for herself and joins the NWP in