Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Iron Jawed Angels
We've spent about a weeks worth of class time examining the changing roles of women in the United States during the early 20th Century and the obstacles they faced while trying to gain political and social equality. After watching the movie "Iron Jawed Angels," what parts of the movie do you think accurately reflected what we've learned in class over the past week? What parts of the film expanded your knowledge of the struggle that women went through to gain the right to vote? Use some specific anecdotes from what we've read in class and from the film in your response.
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Well what we learned in class by showing us what they did so the people had the right to vote and a say on what they wanted to change. Also when the women were outside the state house holding up a sign for what they wanted.
ReplyDeleteWell you saw the challenges women went through when some of the women went to jail. Then Alice decided to starve herself so people would realize she was serious about what they wanted to change. Alice did not care that she was starving herself and she looked sick as long as women eventually get the right to vote.
The parts that i thought accurately reflected what we've learned in class over the past week was how women would stand up for there rights and do what they believe they should do. The part when they shoved food down the lady's mouth.
ReplyDeleteI feel that the begining of the movie when the woemn were doing the parade and the ppl in the crowed started a riot that that was very accurate and I also learned that the women stood out side the white house everyday no matter the weather and risked life in prison for this act and continued to stand out side because they believed in the cause. The women right to so much just for the right to vote and be considered equal to men
ReplyDeleteI believe the movie, "Iron Jawed Angels" accurately reflected what we learned in class because it showed how women had virtually no rights. Women were treated roughly and had to agree with everything a man said (not just their husband in the movie). The scene were women were parading around town is an example of this. Men started throwing thing and attacking them just because women wanted at least some rights. Another scene is when the group stood in front of the white house. Again, they were brutally attacked, and sent to jail without a justified reason. The film accurately reflected what we’ve learn in class and expanded my knowledge.
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ReplyDeletei think that most of the movie reflects what we learned in class about the women suffrage, what I learned from it it's that women did have an aggressive approach and they didn't care if stand in front of the state house or organize parades was dangerous because the ppl were against them and used violance to stop them. they weren't even scared to go to jail to protect their ideas, in fact at a certain point of the movie alice decides to go to jail with the other women that had been arrested before to support all of them.
ReplyDeletewhat impressed me very much as i already said is their approach, when alice decides to starve herself she shows how much they care and how tough they are.
the part that mostly expanded my knowledge is the part in which they are walking down the street during the parade exposing banners and the men start throwing to them glass bottles and fighting them, this and the jail part especially expanded my knowledge.
the movie really helped me to understand the women suffrage because actually SHOWED me how the things went.
If someone ever hesitated about the seriousness of the situation, the movie took all his doubts away. Seeing it with my own eyes, It made me think about how far women had to go to enforce their rights. How much they had to suffer to make people realize they really mean it. Some of them, such as Alice, didn't just follow the crowd, she was devoted and fully aware of what she was doing. Her attitude was amazing.
ReplyDeleteThe film granted some insight into the inner thoughts and struggles of the women who were fighting for suffrage. For example, in the movie, one of the main characters who was fighting for women's suffrage went through serious family issues due to her husband's being a part of the very political party that she was fighting against. It also showed how the women were steadfast and determined no matter the personal cost. This was shown by how the women were sent to jail due to their refusal of paying a fine that they believed compromised their beliefs.
ReplyDeleteI thought the film expanded the idea that this was a major struggle, which is in itself accurate, because this was a huge struggle.
ReplyDeleteI also thought the scene where the black woman was saying that the black women will either march with the white women, or leave was also a pretty accurate depiction of the times.
The parts of the film that mostly reflected what we learned in class were the protesting and rioting, and just the process of the suffrage movement in general. For example, the women marching down the street and having a riot started against them reflected some things we learned in class. We also learned that some women were jailed. The parts of the movie that I believed to expand my knowledge were the personal issues the women also suffered during all of this. An example would be one of the women dying from anemia, and how it affected the other women close to her. Also, Alice starving herself, and other actions she took to show her seriousness.
ReplyDeleteI think the movie accurately reflected what we've learned in class by the characters portrayed in it Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt. Also we saw the women's suffrage groups like NAWSA in the movie that we learned about. The movie overall definitely expanded my knowledge on the struggle the women back then faced. Seeing it all happen on screen like seeing the women being attacked during campaigns and seeing them in jail being beaten and forced fed and just how like no one supported them. I really did realize that they struggled a lot, and were treated so cruelly. That it was a real struggle to fight through all that abuse and persist.
ReplyDeleteThe film showed how dedicated women were and what they went through. It showed them protesting at a time where protesting wasn't allowed. It showed them being spit upon and attacked. Yet they kept on returning to protest. This is dedication. They were also force fed during the hunger strike, but the more surprising thing is that even after being force fed, they refused to eat. They knew they would be force fed again but they were willing to go through that so they could vote.
ReplyDeleteThe movie accurately depicted what we have been learning in class. The beginning of the movie which showed women campaigning around the United States and giving speeches showed how persistent women had to be to gain more support. Further into the movie women began to protest outside of the White House day after day. This showed how women went through great struggles such as giving up everything to be there fighting for what they believe in. Another big struggle for women was the choice to continue campaigning during war time, which ultimately lead to brutal attacks, unjust arrests, and being put in jail.
ReplyDeleteI think that showing how the two different groups were fighting for their rights accurately reflected what we learned in class. NAWSA and Carrie Chapman Catt had a more reserved point of view and wanted a slow change, like in the movie they didn't do any protesting or criticize the government and thought it was rediculous to do so. Alice Paul and The National Women's Party were very forward with their actions and participated in several protests so that the president would see how bad they were willing to fight.
ReplyDeleteThe one part of the film that was particularly striking for me was the prison scenes. They showed me a lot of the harsh things that women would put themselves through in order to get the right to vote. Alice Paul even starved herself and had to be force fed. Lots of the prison scenes in the movies were very powerful to watch and see how much women were willing to go through.
After watching "Iron Jawed Angels", i realized the movie was somewhat far fetched, but also accurate. The parts that accurately reflected what we learned in class would be the scene in the movie when they were parading down the street and all the women on the barrier were cheering, and the men were trying to riot over the women, who were fighting for their rights. Also, if something was to expand my knowlegit would have to be the parts of the movie showing the women after they had been put in jail after doing nothing wrong. Alice Paul even starved herself for her rights, which was hard to watch, but all those women were willing to do anything for what they believed in.
ReplyDeleteI learned about the fight and how hard women get right in early 20th from the movie"Iron Jawed Angels".Most of the movie shows that what i learned in the class,although few parts did not,the main part of the movement still shows us the process women gained the right to vote.The middle part of the movie makes me feel so sad about how the women instead to get the right to vote.Especially when they still instead to go to white house after the first group was denounced.
ReplyDeletethis movie reflected women rights exactly like it happend in the past. Like in real life there are two parties trying to fight for womens rights Alice Paul decided to stop the long way and try to get results faster. The prison scenes were brutal but probably pretty accurate. she starved herself just to try to prove her point, and it worked. they had to make a decision to campaign or not during war which i find very accurate.
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ReplyDeleteI think that the part of the movie that accuratly reflected what we had been learning in class is the aggressiveness these woman used to fight for what they really wanted. When you told us in class that they were aggressive i understood, but it wasn't until i watched the movie that i actaully got the sense of how aggresive they actaully are!
ReplyDeletei think after watching iron jawed angels i had a lot better picture in my head of what really happened. I actually didnt realize how hard those women fought for the rights. I think that NAWSA and NWS were portrayed accurately and alice paul and carrie chapman catt were played nicely by the actresses. I think after seeing the movie i have a much better understanding of what really happened.
ReplyDelete-> I think the parts where Women were discriminated and they were being intimidated, mocked by politicians and the sexist parts were probably fairly accurate because lot of them didn't want change and wanted women is held down. Movie did a good job illustrating passion and struggle women about bringing revolution for women's rights and what things they had to go through.
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