Iron+Jawed+Angels

//Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

Alice Paul-Main suffragist. Went to jail. Hunger strike. Force fed. Died in 1977 WPA wanted women's rights to be national. National Women's Suffrage Association Lucy Burns- Alice's best friend. Second in command basically. Woodrow Wilson- President at the time. Carrie Chapman Catt- NAWSA. state by state idea Ida Wells Bardet-Women's rights advocate.Worked hard for both white and african american women's right.First African American Women to run for public office. Emily Leighton (Fictional character)-senator's wife. gives him Alice's note. Brings story to the public
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//Important Events The United States goes to war Alice and the girls get put in jail- traffic violations. 60 Days. Alice is put in a mental hospital in the prison and goes on a hunger strike- 'give me liberty or give me death' Emily's husband goes to visit her in jail and gives him a note from Alice about being force fed. He send the note out to the newspaper and people are upset about the situation.

In the end, women are given the right to vote. //