Scandalous Movie Review: Iron Jawed Angels
Directed by Katia von Garnier Starring: Hilary Swank .......Alice Paul Anjelica Huston..... Carrie Chapman Catt Frances O'Connor.....Lucy Burns Molly Parker......Emily Leighton (fictional character; a senator's wife) Laura Fraser.......Doris Stevens Lois Smith........Rev. Anna Howard Shaw Vera Farmiga......Ruza Wenclawska, also known as Rose Winslow Brooke Smith........Mabel Vernon Patrick Dempsey........Ben Weissman (fictional character) Julia Ormond........Inez Milholland In February 2004, Iron-Jawed Angels premiered on HBO. It is the story of Alice Paul (1885-1977) and her friend Lucy Burns, and the last 8 years of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. The film opens with Alice and Lucy arriving at a meeting with Carrie Chapman Catt and the Reverand Anna Howard Shaw, two stalwart's of the women's right's movement. Both Paul and Burns had been actively involved in the suffrage movement while studying in England. As the duo becomes more active wi...