Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels recounts the true story of the fearless young suffragists who fought to secure voting rights for American women in the early 20th century. Focused on dynamic activists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, the narrative traces their split from the conservative National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) led by Carrie Chapman Catt. Unwilling to settle for gradual state-by-state campaigning, Paul and Burns establish the radical National Woman's Party to directly lobby President Woodrow Wilson and demand a constitutional amendment guaranteeing universal suffrage. Employing contemporary tactics unheard of at the time—including grand parades, public picketing outside the White House gates, and relentlessly questioning the hypocrisy of a democratic nation that disenfranchised half its citizens—the suffragists face violent retaliation, public disdain, and eventual arrest on fabricated charges of obstructing traffic. When incarcerated at the brutal Occoquan Workhouse, they refuse to submit, launching a hunger strike that is met with torture and agonizing force-feedings. Their unyielding resilience, combined with leaked press coverage of their harrowing mistreatment, turns the tide of public opinion and puts immense pressure on President Wilson. Powered by a modern soundtrack and kinetic visual direction, the film captures the emotional, political, and physical toll paid by the courageous 'iron jawed angels' who finally helped ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.