Blog 3

I thought that the movie Iron Jawed Angels was very interesting and I learned a lot. I think that today many American women take voting for granted and this movie made me realize that it shouldn't be taken for granted at all. I also learned that women sacrificed SO much for their rights and the rights that we continue to have today. We should be thankful for the courageous women in our past who have helped our society become what is is today. I thought that Alice Paul, Hilary Swank, played an outstanding role and was an extremely heroic woman. However, it did suprise me a little when she gave up her "love interest" because she really did care for Ben. It just shows that she felt the cause was much more important than her personal life.



I think that one of the most important themes in the movie is fighting for what you believe in. This theme is shown throughout the entire movie especially through the characters Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. They clearly fight throughout the entire movie by going on a well-publicized hunger strike and refusing to eat. However, there were many tensions that the women had to face. One of the biggest tensions they felt was tension from men. When the women paraded on Wilson's inauguration day, many of the men were "taken aback" and shocked that these women were doing this. I remember seeing a man's face in the crowd who was glaring at all the women parading. Another tension that the women faced was a ruined relationship. Many of the women lost loved ones because they disagreed with their actions. Many, like Alice, had to choose between a loved one and the cause they were fighting for. Many women overcame these tensions by sticking together and continuing the fight for what they believed in. As a result, they were finally able to achieve their goals by working hard and not giving up the fight. They stuck it out until the end.





I think that my favorite, yet also the saddest scene in the movie, is when Alice is in jail and they are force-feeding her. It is my favorite because it shows how determined Alice was and how much she truly cared. She was not only fighting for the right to vote, but fighting for her life as well.