Women's Equality Day Event
IRON JAWED ANGELS recounts for a contemporary audience a key chapter in U.S. history: in this case, the struggle of suffragists who fought for the passage of the 19th Amendment. Focusing on the two defiant women, Alice Paul (Hilary Swank) and Lucy Burns (Frances O'Connor), the film shows how these activists broke from the mainstream women's-rights movement and created a more radical wing, daring to push the boundaries of political protest to secure women's voting rights in 1920. Breathing life into the relationships between Paul, Burns and others, the movie makes the women feel like complete characters instead of one-dimensional figures from a distant past. (Runs 124 min.)
When: Wednesday, August 26 at 6:30 p.m. Discussion to follow.
Where: Robert Morris University’s Waukegan Campus, Auditorium, Room 132
1507 S. Waukegan Road. Free parking on both the East and West lots.
Admission: FREE. Due to limited seating, reservations are required
RSVP: No later than Friday, August 21, 2009.
Click here to send Liz Fogarty an email or call her at 847-223-3031.
Click here for a flyer or click here for the press release regarding the event.
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