Historically Accurate Portrayals The treatment of the marchers during the parade and on the picket line Alice Paul did indeed use Susan B. Anthony’s desk The women picketing outside the White House were called, Sentinels”, the signs they held “Silent were often Wilson’s own words The forced feeding of those on hunger strike (note: Alice Paul started the hunger strike while in District Jail and word traveled through the jail system to the suffragists in the Occoquan Workhouse where they began a hunger strike as well) Additional Info Alice Paul and Lucy Burns are the leaders of the NWP (National Women’s Party) The NWP is not a part of the NAWSA, rather a group that has left the NAWSA to create their own party. Both the NWP and NAWSA have the goal of achieving suffrage for women, but their methods for getting there are different. NWP will focus on getting an amendment to the US Constitution, while NAWSA will focus on women gaining the right to vote state-by-state. There is animosity between Alice Paul (NWP) and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, the leader of the NAWSA that is never reconciled Movie Questions What was the women’s suffrage movement? When the women were picketing the White House what do you think caused the citizens, mainly men, to act the way they did? Explain. Explain why some were so resistant to creating an amendment that would allow women to vote. oranges and women courage is often mistaken for insanity.” Explain the meaning of this statement. “In Describe what happened August 18, 1920 and explain why it was such a significant Why is the movie entitled Jawed Angels,” and do you think it is a fitting title? “Iron Towards the end of the movie Alice Paul is offered a seat by an older group of suffragists who were not in prison. Why do the older women offer their seats, what is the significance of this act?
Historically Accurate Portrayals The treatment of the marchers during the parade and on the picket line Alice Paul did indeed use Susan B. Anthony’s desk The women picketing outside the White House were called, “Silent Sentinels”, the signs they held were often Wilson’s own words The forced feeding of those on hunger strike (note: Alice Paul started the hunger strike while in District Jail and word traveled through the jail system to the suffragists in the Occoquan Workhouse where they began a hunger strike as well) Additional Info Alice Paul and Lucy Burns are the leaders of the NWP (National Women’s Party) The NWP is not a part of the NAWSA, rather a group that has left the NAWSA to create their own party. Both the NWP and NAWSA have the goal of achieving suffrage for women, but their methods for getting there are different. NWP will focus on getting an amendment to the US Constitution, while NAWSA will focus on women gaining the right to vote state-by-state. There is animosity between Alice Paul (NWP) and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, the leader of the NAWSA that is never reconciled Movie Questions What was the women’s suffrage movement? When the women were picketing the White House what do you think caused the citizens, mainly men, to act the way they did? Explain. Explain why some were so resistant to creating an amendment that would allow women to vote. “In oranges and women courage is often mistaken for insanity.” Explain the meaning of this statement. Describe what happened August 18, 1920 and explain why it was such a significant Why is the movie entitled “Iron Jawed Angels,” and do you think it is a fitting title? Towards the end of the movie Alice Paul is offered a seat by an older group of suffragists who were not in prison. Why do the older women offer their seats, what is the significance of this act?
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