Iron Jawed Angels Response

Like many people before me- I loved this movie! There were a few parts of the movie that really stood out to me. One thing was the relationship between the different groups of women and to see women fighting women. At a time when it was so important for women to be getting as many people as possible on board with their cause it surprised me to see the hostility between the two groups in the movie. Similarly, the situation with the black women, although she did not play a big role in the movie, it was another form of discrimination against women. Although I see where the NWP was coming from in terms of needing all the support they could get; it still surprised me that women who showed such little fear of rebelling hesitated when it came to fighting for equality between women of all races. Another message that was conveyed throughout the movie was the concept of "patients" not only is that a quality many believe a "proper women" should have, it was also a major road block in the progress of women's rights. There seemed to always be something "more important" than giving women the right to vote. The movie showed this in a lot of different ways but particularly when it came to war. Because the country was at war, should women stop "bothering" the President with something "less important"? That may be a valid question but what I learned from watching the movie is that there will forever be something else going on in the world of politics and women's rights should be just, if not more, crucial than all of those things. "Be patient" is a phrase that should only be used once because eventually it translates to "nothing is ever going to happen." This movie was extreamly powerful and gave a clear picture of how hard they faught for the lives we as women have the privalege of living today.