Iron Jawed Angels Page #4

It was collected

by the Congressional Union.

The Union was created to fund

the Committee's efforts...

to lobby Washington

for a federal amendment.

We're not budgeted

by the National Treasury.

I move to suspend the activities

of the Congressional Committee...

during which time the board will investigate

unauthorized expenditures.

Second the motion.

Did you hear that?

Investigation of our finances.

Good. Great, let them keep

their Congressional Committee.

We can run our own campaign.

To hell with NAWSA.

I don't want to fight other women.

Carrie Catt is the next president of NAWSA.

I don't think she is a woman.

Seriously, has anyone seen her naked?

She called you a thief.

If you don't resign,

she'll make sure you're voted out...

and then what?

Are we going to fold our hands

like good little girls?

Do what Mama says?

Hope that Wilson will pat us on the fanny

when he goes by?

Look at me.

No one will blame you

if we split with NAWSA.

They're not giving us any other choice.

Here's your tea.

Thank you.

Stick some on top.

Yeah, put your tongue on the top.

Okay, get ready for bed. Come on.

The National Woman's Party

is composed entirely of women...

and does not align itself

officially or unofficially...

with any existing political party.

The NWP does not put forth

a candidate for election.

We are a single-platform party,

dedicated to the passage...

of the following constitutional amendment:

The right of citizens

of the United States to vote...

shall not be denied or abridged

by the United States...

or any state, on account of sex.

We pledge unceasing opposition

to any and all political candidates...

who refuse to support this amendment.

And in the matter of foreign trade...

the economy demands...

Don't push, no pushing!

- Mrs. Catt.

- One question.

NAWSA does not support

the National Woman's Party.

Miss Paul said she plans to organize...

Miss Paul is taking a thoughtless

and irresponsible stance...

that amounts to an endorsement

of the Republican candidate.

Think Miss Paul's campaign

will cost Wilson his reelection?

President Wilson has kept us out of the war

in Europe...

and NAWSA will continue to endorse him,

as will women voters in the West.

Extra, read all about it.

Kaiser presses on, read all about it.

Thank you, ma'am.

Give this to Mrs. Harold for expense money.

She's a widow now.

Yeah, got it.

It isn't fair.

- Should have called heads.

- Mrs. McEwan!

Buck up. I'm only going to one state,

I'll be the first one back. Come here.

- Alice?

- Yeah?

- Alice, Inez wants you.

- Where is she?

She's by the side entrance.

I can't go to California.

You have to find someone else.

There is no one else.

You're the woman on the horse...

you can make or break a rally.

Alice, I can't tell you...

I'm sorry, I'm exhausted.

Run around Europe, waste your time

on peace missions...

and now you bail when it really matters?

Waste my time? You couldn't say that

if you'd been with me in France.

We're not in France, we're in the

United States and people want to hear you.

Stuff them. Nothing's more important

than ending a war.

Not suffrage, not anything.

You can't understand until you've seen it.

Inez, this is an election year.

And you're wearing blinders.

I'm seeing around the corner.

You hear that? It's a military band.

You want a war, here's your war.

This war's been going on

for over half a century.

The women who started it

are dead and buried.

Here is where it ends, now is when we win.

You're tired, I'm tired. Who isn't tired?

But don't sit down yet.

If the woman on the horse drops out...

what message is that going to

send the troops?

God...

I can't say no to you.

Then why try?

Get some sleep on the train. You look awful.

That's the spirit.

Even God rested on Sunday.

Come on. I'll let you drive.

I'm busy.

You do know how to drive,

don't you, Miss Paul?

You do know how to drive,

don't you, Miss Paul?

Is that a car or a quilt?

You want to learn?

Easy!

You've got to keep your head up

when you're driving.

It's very important to watch the road.

Little easier when you let out on the clutch.

Okay, there we are. That's better.

Now watch the road.

Keep your head up. Don't look so tense.

Watch the road, watch the tree!

Not the clutch, the brake.

My little sister picked it up just like that.

You look at your feet

when you dance, don't you?

I'm a Quaker. We don't dance.

- What?

- Take off the damn hat.

Okay. Come on now, put it in reverse.

Keep your head up. Don't look down.

All right, Miss Jenny.

Look at you.

All right, love.

Did you see the paper?

"The National Woman's Party

is traveling west by train.

"They will embark on a speaking campaign...

"urging women voters to vote...

"against the Democrats in this election...

"who oppose a federal amendment.

"Noted contributors to this effort include...

"Mrs. Thomas Leighton."

I use my housekeeping allowance,

that's all.

It has nothing to do with you.

Emily, I'm a Democratic Senator.

You're my wife.

It's got everything to do with me.

You'll withdraw your membership.

They count on my monthly contributions.

I've closed your account.

You can charge at the grocers...

and the bills will be sent to my office.

Mr. President, how long must women wait

for liberty?

I do not believe that women will vote

in a national election.

We declare our faith

in the principles of self-government.

If they were to, they would not be

as intelligent as I think they are.

That woman, irrespective of her race...

was made first for her own happiness,

with the absolute right to herself...

to all opportunities life affords.

Women should be patient,

and continue to work...

in the admirable way

they have worked in the past...

campaigning for suffrage state by state.

We ask of our rulers no special favors...

no special privileges...

no special legislation.

I am very glad to make my position

about the suffrage plank clear to you.

My private thoughts aside,

I'm not at liberty to urge upon Congress...

policies which are not supported

by the party for whom I am a spokesperson.

We ask justice.

We ask equality.

We ask that all...

We ask that all...

the civil and political rights...

that belong to citizens

of the United States...

be guaranteed to us...

and our daughters...

forever.

What?

What, Lucy?

Inez...

collapsed.

And they took her to the hospital.

But she's all right, isn't she?

My dear Inez...

My dearest Inez...

How can death claim you?

And I, remembering

how the faces of many women...

turned toward you with expectation.

How can I find consolation?

Lucy Burns called again.

You are being ridiculous.

She was a grown woman.

She knew she had pernicious anemia.

Stop blaming yourself.

My coming home

has nothing to do with Inez.

Campaign's over, that's all.

"You put your hand to the plow,

you finish the row."

What are you doing up here?

Canning fruit.

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