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