Iron Jawed Angels Movie Worksheet Name______

Iron Jawed Angels movie worksheet Name______

1. Before watching Iron Jawed Angels, define the following words:

a. Radical:

b. Suffrage:

c. Prejudice:

d. Exploitation:

e. Hysteria:

f. Boycott:

g. Enfranchise:

h. Rhetoric:

All answers must be written in complete sentences (capitalization, punctuation, subject, and predicate) for credit!

2. When Lucy and Alice are attempting to gain supporters by speaking to women outside of the factory, they use of logic to persuade others to join them through a fire escape. What does Alice mean when she says, ”Votes is a fire escape”? 3. Ida Wells Barnett says, “Dress up prejudice and call it politics,” when speaking to Alice and Lucy about their decision to have black suffragettes march separately from white suffragettes. Interpret this quote. What statement is Wells making?

4. “We’re legitimate citizens. We’re taxed without representation, we’re not allowed to serve on juries so we’re not tried by our peers. It’s unconscionable, not to mention unconstitutional. We don’t make the laws, but we have to obey them like children.” What similarities do you see between this statement and The Declaration of Independence?

5. What is Carrie Chapman Catt’s response to Alice and Lucy’s efforts at the beginning of the movie? How does her behavior change as we approach the end of the movie?

6. President Wilson: “Congress will focus on currency revision and tariff reform. These are issues which affect all Americans and, of course, must take priority over special interests.” Please interpret this statement and then explain why it might be considered ironic.

7. The character of Ben Weissman (Alice Paul’s love interest) is completely fictional. In fact, Paul never married or had children. Why do you think the director decided to include this made-up character in an otherwise historically accurate movie?

8. After they are arrested for obstructing traffic, the women call their charge “political subterfuge”. Knowing what you know about why they were really arrested, make an inference about what “political subterfuge” might mean.

9. Why do you think the director add the story of Senator and Emily Leighton (both fictional) to this movie? What does this story provide to viewers?

10. In the movie, what do you think Alice Paul’s hat symbolizes? 11. After the psychiatrist examines Alice Paul during her hunger strike, he makes a comparison between Paul and an important figure in the American Revolutionary War. What quote does he use and how does it relate to the women’s suffrage movement?

12. Consider the director’s use of music, camera angles, and humor in this movie. Think about how ONE of these director choices impacts this film. First, tell me how it impacts the film. Then, consider why the director may have decided to use it.

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Women burned in a factory fire

Ida Wells Barnett