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Iron Jawed Angels is a highly acclaimed film about the American women's rights movement during the early 1900s produced by HBO Films. Movie poster for Iron Jawed Angels File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The term womens rights typically refers to the legal rights of women which pertains to the social and human rights of women. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... HBO Films is a division of the cable television network HBO that produces feature films and miniseries. ...

The film, directed by Katja von Garnier follows political activists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns as they revolutionize the American feminist movement to grant women the right to vote. Alice Paul Alice Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American suffragist leader. ... Lucy Burns (July 28, 1879-December 22, 1966) was an American suffragist and womens rights advocate. ...

Synopsis

Note: The following synopsis tells the events portrayed in the story, but is not categorized as a spoiler since the film is a direct representation of historic events.

The film opens as Alice and Lucy return to the United States from England where they have been actively involved in the suffrage movement. As the duo becomes more active within the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), they begin to realize that their ideas were much too radical for the established activists (particularly Carrie Chapman Catt). Both women eventually leave NAWSA and create the National Woman's Party (NWP), a much more radical organization dedicated to the fight for women's rights. Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was created in 1890, when two competing American womens suffrage advocacy groups united. ... Carrie Lane Chapman Catt (January 9, 1859 _ March 9, 1947) was an American womens rights activist. ... The National Womans Party (NWP), was a womens organization founded in 1913 that fought for womens rights during the early 20th century in the United States, particularly for the right to vote on the same terms as men and against employment discrimination. ...

Over time, tension between the NWP and NAWSA grows as NAWSA leaders criticize NWP tactics such as direct protesting of the President and picketing directly outside the White House. Relations between the American government and the NWP protestors also intensify, as hundreds of women are arrested for their actions, and treated under horrible conditions. During this time, Alice Paul and other women undergo a hunger strike during which prison authorities force feed them through a tube. News of their treatment leaks to the media through a Senator and husband of one of the imprisoned women (who, prior to this event, pushed for the arrest of protestors). As a result, pressure is put on President Wilson as NAWSA seizes the opportunity to lobby tirelessly for the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution. Demonstrators march in the street while protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005. ... Employees of the BBC form a picket line during a strike in May 2005. ... A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance in which participants fast as an act of political protest or to achieve a goal such as a policy change. ... Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Amendment XIX (the Nineteenth Amendment) to the United States Constitution (sometimes called the Susan B. Anthony Amendment) grants voting rights regardless of the voters sex. ...

Paul, Burns, and all of the other women are eventually pardoned by the President and the Supreme Court rules that their arrests were, in fact, unconstitutional. Seal of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States of America. ... Constitutionality is the status of a law, procedure, or act being in accordance with the laws or guidelines contained in a constitution. ...

Title

The title of this film is derived from the name given to these women by the media upon hearing of their courage during the prison conditions. Starring Hilary Swank as Alice Paul, Frances O'Connor as Lucy Burns, Julia Ormond as Inez Milholland and Anjelica Huston as Carrie Chapman Catt along with Patrick Dempsey as Ben Weissman, the film was released in 2004. Hilary Swank on the cover of Hilary magazine Hilary Ann Swank (born July 30, 1974 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American actress of Spanish and Native American descent. ... Alice Paul Alice Paul (January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977) was an American suffragist leader. ... Frances OConnor (born on 12 July 1967 in Wantage, Oxfordshire) is an Australian actress who attended Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts as well as earned a BA in literature from Curtin University in Western Australia. ... Lucy Burns (July 28, 1879-December 22, 1966) was an American suffragist and womens rights advocate. ... Julia Ormond (born on 4 January 1965 in Epsom, Surrey, England) is a British actress with many stage and screen credits to her name. ... Inez Milholland Inez Milholland Boissevain (born August 6, 1886 in Brooklyn, New York - November 25, 1916 in Los Angeles) was a suffragist, labor lawyer, World War I correspondent, and public speaker who greatly impacted the womens movement in America. ... Anjelica Huston Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951 in Santa Monica, California) is an American film and television actress who starred as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993). ... Carrie Lane Chapman Catt (January 9, 1859 _ March 9, 1947) was an American womens rights activist. ... Patrick Dempsey (born January 13, 1966 in Lewiston, Maine) is an Irish-American actor who achieved Hollywood fame during the late 1980s. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Official Movie Website