Saturday, September 27, 2008

Inspiring


Alice Paul 1885-1977
Well, today was Last Saturday Knitting, and that always is inspiring. But what really jazzed me this evening was watching "Iron Jawed Angels", a wonderful HBO video about the women at the beginning of the twentieth century who fought, with incredible organization, determination and courage for the right to vote. I remember seeing ads about this film when it first came out, but we didn't get HBO, so I missed it at the time. Many thanks to CatBookMom for reminding me of it's existence.


ETA: Alice Paul was the preeminent organizer and leader of this movement. There is a good summary biography of her involvement here on, of all places, a US State Dept website.

1 comment:

CatBookMom said...

Glad to help. I haven't seen the film yet; there are so many TV shows I follow and can't keep up with in the time I'm not reading. At least I can usually knit and watch TV, lol.

Nice post, m'dear.