movie assignment for class 1

Iron Jawed Angels 
movie you can find it online

This film is based on the true story of Alice Paul and the National
Women’s Party’s activities during the push for women’s suffrage.  One of
the striking things about this film is the depiction of violence
culminating in the forced feeding of the imprisoned activists – all of
which actually happened.  Before viewing this film, what had you learned
about the Woman’s Suffrage movement?  How does this depiction compare
with what you have been exposed to previously?  Lastly, some people
argue that there is no way that one can consider the United States to be
a democracy before women had the right to vote.  They say at best it
was an oligarchy – governed by a minority of the population since a
majority of the population was kept from voting (women comprised half of
the population and add to that the vast majority of African American
men who were prohibited from voting by an array of laws). Was the
United States a democracy before Women’s suffrage?  Explain.