blog 3: Iron Jawed Angels

In the movie Iron Jawed Angels I learned a lot about the early feminists in our country. It showed how much of a struggle they really went through to make women equal. In the movie there were a lot of tensions that occured. There were definitly some issues about whether the women were fighting for all women's rights or just white women's rights. It was hard for me to understand why the white women weren't eager to involve the black women.

Alice Paul and the other women did so many brave things to acheive the right to vote. It blew me away. They went on hunger strikes, went to jail, and even gave up romance in their lives. They were definitly devoted to their cause.

In the book FIFE in chapter 11, I did not realize that feminists were the ones to uncover and expose domestic violence. And when it says that domestic violence will not end until sexism ends, I totally and completly believe that. I also liked it when Hooks says that we can't just try to stop violence against women, we have to stop all kinds of violence.