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Iron-Jawed Angels
HBO FilmsUS History II
The Suffrage Movement
• 1848: First Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY• Pushed the idea of Suffrage–Women's Right to Vote
Susan B. Anthony
• Most famous Women’s Suffragist• Created National Women’s Suffrage
Association (NAWSA) in 1869– Fought for Voting Rights, Equal Pay, Temperance,
and Education for Women and Blacks
Challenges to Suffrage• Women suffragists were accused of being
unfeminine and immoral– Some were physically attacked
• Suffragists disagreed on how to achieve the vote–Constitutional Amendment (All at Once)
or State by State Approach (Slower)–Dispute split/weakened the movement
Carrie Chapman Catt• Replaced Susan B. Anthony as the President of
NAWSA–Believed in the State by State approach to
granting Women Suffrage– Felt Constitutional Amendment was not
possible as neither party (Rep. or Dem.) endorsed it
Alice Paul and Lucy Burns
• Young members of NWSA who took more activist approach to gaining Suffrage
• Had helped women gain suffrage in England where protests and riots were common
• Felt that pushing for Amendment would be faster and more effective way to achieve Suffrage– Eventually broke from NAWSA and formed
NWP (National Womens Party)
Other Characters
• Inez Millholland: Social Activist and Lawyer, main speaker of the Suffrage Movement
Other Characters
• Ruza Wenclawska: Polish Immigrant had worked in factories since age 11, joined NWP
Other Characters
• Emily Leighton: Senators wife who becomes involved in Suffrage Movement