Blog 3

OK I know how bad it sounds but I did not realize how much suffrage the ''women suffrage movement" faced until I watched the movie. It was very disturbing to see what kind of torture these women went through. Its funny how history classes skim right over the women suffrage movement and women's right to vote. In the parade seen it showed that the women of the suffrage movement have a back bone and independence. The end of the parade where the women were voicing there opinion about equality and it turned into violence, was an eye opener to how violent the public was towards this movement. I'm amazed at how much I now know about what women had to go through for equality. The theme of the film was women suffrage and women fighting for equality. Some women thought started having doubts about all the ruckus they were stirring up, and some started to give up. Alice Paul quickly stepped in and encouraged them to hang in there and fight for what is right. When the women were put into jail, they were treated horrible. They went on a hunger strike until the government saw that they were not joking around and pulled them out of jail. With force feeding and all Alice Paul and the other women weren't going to give up, they believed in what was right. In chapter one of FIFE, it was talking about how the focus shifted from a stereotyped group of girls to a sisterhood, giving emotional support while trying to gain equality and put an end to the sexist oppression. Chapter 2; they talked about awareness of feminism and they organized grouped to talk about these issues. (CR) meetings took place in others houses so they could understand and the nature of the male perspective on feminism. Chapter 3: the women studies program began in universities. She transferred to Stanford University, she felt that women did not have a voice, it lacked in confidence. She was constantly reminded that female professors were not as smart as male professors. These women had a vision and an understanding and encouraging women to be themselves while educating them about feminism. They proved that sisterhood was still powerful.