1 00:00:58,900 --> 00:01:01,900 I've got nothing to do with committee appointments. 2 00:01:01,936 --> 00:01:03,901 Let her submit her proposal to Anna. 3 00:01:03,936 --> 00:01:07,418 She's here in Philadelphia. 4 00:01:07,453 --> 00:01:10,178 All she wants is half an hour. 5 00:01:10,213 --> 00:01:12,902 She's a bright girl, Swarthmore... 6 00:01:12,937 --> 00:01:14,868 and a doctorate from Penn. 7 00:01:14,903 --> 00:01:17,903 Her family has money. Carrie, are you listening? 8 00:01:17,938 --> 00:01:18,868 Yeah. 9 00:01:18,903 --> 00:01:22,404 She wants to lobby for a constitutional amendment. 10 00:01:22,439 --> 00:01:25,904 She thinks Congress is going to suddenly roll over? 11 00:01:25,939 --> 00:01:28,922 I thought you said she was bright. 12 00:01:28,957 --> 00:01:31,870 - Paula who? - Paul, Alice Paul. 13 00:01:31,905 --> 00:01:34,906 - She worked in England. - Don't bring me any radicals, Harriet. 14 00:01:34,941 --> 00:01:37,871 She's not a radical, she's a Quaker. 15 00:01:37,906 --> 00:01:40,907 She came all the way down here to meet you and Anna. 16 00:01:40,942 --> 00:02:07,876 Be nice. 17 00:02:07,911 --> 00:02:12,877 - It's mine. - I saw it first. 18 00:02:12,912 --> 00:02:19,913 - It's calling my name. - I must be deaf. 19 00:02:19,948 --> 00:02:25,879 Heads. 20 00:02:25,914 --> 00:02:31,880 - It's not your style. - Nice try. 21 00:02:31,915 --> 00:02:35,916 Carrie Catt's very proud of the state-by-state campaign. Congratulate her. 22 00:02:35,951 --> 00:02:38,917 On what? 64 years of begging, and now women can vote in nine states. 23 00:02:38,952 --> 00:02:41,882 How many years per state is that? You congratulate her. 24 00:02:41,917 --> 00:02:45,918 We go there and say, "Do the math," we won't get the letterhead or the office. 25 00:02:45,953 --> 00:02:46,883 You want to be two girls on a soapbox... 26 00:02:46,918 --> 00:02:49,918 or do you want to go to Washington and play with the big lads? 27 00:02:49,953 --> 00:02:54,919 I want them to give us the Congressional Committee. 28 00:02:54,954 --> 00:02:57,920 - What? - Did you swallow it whole? 29 00:02:57,955 --> 00:02:59,885 I strangled it first. 30 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:04,921 The President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association... 31 00:03:04,956 --> 00:03:16,888 the Reverend Anna Howard Shaw. 32 00:03:16,923 --> 00:03:20,923 Don't bring up suffrage in England, Shaw thinks the Brits are hooligans. 33 00:03:20,958 --> 00:03:22,889 No matter what, don't get your knickers in a knot. 34 00:03:22,924 --> 00:03:26,924 - Don't start up, be polite. - I'm always polite. When am I not polite? 35 00:03:26,959 --> 00:03:32,890 It's the color, with your hair. 36 00:03:32,925 --> 00:03:37,926 The passage of a constitutional amendment is not a realistic goal. 37 00:03:37,961 --> 00:03:40,927 - It could become one. - Theoretically, yes, in the future. 38 00:03:40,962 --> 00:03:42,892 First, we need more states. 39 00:03:42,927 --> 00:03:45,928 Susan B. Anthony petitioned for it in 1868 and again in- 40 00:03:45,963 --> 00:03:46,893 Thank you for the history lesson. 41 00:03:46,928 --> 00:03:50,928 If Susan B. Anthony were alive today, she'd say 1912 is the future. 42 00:03:50,963 --> 00:03:54,929 Dr. Shaw and I worked side by side with Susan and Elizabeth Stanton... 43 00:03:54,964 --> 00:03:57,446 while you were still in diapers, Miss Paul. 44 00:03:57,481 --> 00:04:00,206 Would you do me a favor and please refrain... 45 00:04:00,241 --> 00:04:02,895 from second-guessing her thoughts on this topic? 46 00:04:02,930 --> 00:04:06,431 "Do me a favor, don't second-guess Susan's thoughts on cheese. 47 00:04:06,466 --> 00:04:09,932 "We worked side by side. We worked cheek to cheek with Susan. 48 00:04:09,967 --> 00:04:13,897 "She despised Cheddar and she loathed Muenster. " 49 00:04:13,932 --> 00:04:16,898 A constitutional amendment that gives women the right to vote... 50 00:04:16,933 --> 00:04:20,933 assuming it doesn't die in committee, will almost certainly be vetoed in the Senate. 51 00:04:20,968 --> 00:04:24,934 We waste time and money. We squander the goodwill of the Democrats... 52 00:04:24,969 --> 00:04:27,935 and worse, we look like babies with no political savvy. 53 00:04:27,970 --> 00:04:30,452 Which gives ammunition to our opponents. 54 00:04:30,487 --> 00:04:32,935 Have you any other thoughts, Miss Paul? 55 00:04:32,970 --> 00:04:36,901 A parade. In March. 56 00:04:36,936 --> 00:04:38,936 The day Wilson's arriving for his inauguration. 57 00:04:38,971 --> 00:04:41,902 We're guaranteed a crowd, and hopefully... 58 00:04:41,937 --> 00:04:45,937 some badly-needed publicity from the newspapers. 59 00:04:45,973 --> 00:04:49,903 Mrs. Blatch tells me that you two met in England. 60 00:04:49,938 --> 00:04:53,939 - Those women give suffrage a bad name. - Better than no name at all. 61 00:04:53,974 --> 00:04:55,904 I beg your pardon? 62 00:04:55,939 --> 00:04:58,940 Lucy was studying at Oxford. 63 00:04:58,975 --> 00:04:59,905 What? I was. 64 00:04:59,940 --> 00:05:02,940 While I'm in sympathy with the British suffragettes... 65 00:05:02,975 --> 00:05:03,905 I don't approve of their methodology. 66 00:05:03,940 --> 00:05:07,941 We don't throw bricks to make our position clear. 67 00:05:07,976 --> 00:05:10,907 If I send you to Washington... 68 00:05:10,942 --> 00:05:13,942 I want your assurance that there will be no hooligan tactics. 69 00:05:13,977 --> 00:05:15,907 You have it. 70 00:05:15,942 --> 00:05:25,944 I don't consider myself above the law under any circumstances. 71 00:05:25,979 --> 00:05:28,945 Then you may take over NAWSA's committee in Washington. 72 00:05:28,980 --> 00:05:33,945 Have your parade, Miss Paul. 73 00:05:33,980 --> 00:05:34,911 Thank you. 74 00:05:34,946 --> 00:06:09,916 You'll have to raise your own funds, of course. 75 00:06:09,951 --> 00:06:12,952 That the female mind is inferior to the male mind... 76 00:06:12,987 --> 00:06:14,917 need not be assumed. 77 00:06:14,952 --> 00:06:17,953 There is something about it essentially different... 78 00:06:17,988 --> 00:06:20,918 and that this difference is of a kind and degree... 79 00:06:20,953 --> 00:06:24,954 that votes for women would constitute a political danger... 80 00:06:24,989 --> 00:06:26,919 ought to be plain to everyone. 81 00:06:26,954 --> 00:06:28,920 I do not wish to see the day come... 82 00:06:28,955 --> 00:06:31,955 when the women in my state shall trail their skirts... 83 00:06:31,990 --> 00:06:33,920 in the muck and mire of partisan politics. 84 00:06:33,955 --> 00:06:37,921 These flippant girls singing "votes for women"... 85 00:06:37,956 --> 00:06:49,958 know not the disasters they invite by this reckless movement. 86 00:06:49,993 --> 00:07:09,961 Flip you for it. 87 00:07:09,996 --> 00:08:01,935 Let me see. 88 00:08:01,970 --> 00:08:05,971 How do you raise money to raise money? 89 00:08:06,006 --> 00:08:06,936 Excuse me. 90 00:08:06,971 --> 00:08:10,971 All we need is a handful of society women. I found someone who designs parade floats. 91 00:08:11,006 --> 00:08:13,972 Floats? I thought we were going to keep it small. 92 00:08:14,007 --> 00:08:14,937 Why? 93 00:08:14,972 --> 00:08:16,972 You've never organized a parade before. 94 00:08:17,007 --> 00:08:18,938 It's not like giving a dinner party. 95 00:08:18,973 --> 00:08:20,938 - Have you ever given a dinner party? - No. 96 00:08:20,973 --> 00:08:24,974 Then what are you worried about? Did you get the permit? 97 00:08:25,009 --> 00:08:27,991 I've been to the District Police three times- 98 00:08:28,026 --> 00:08:36,502 Go over his head, to the Parks Commissioner. 99 00:08:36,537 --> 00:08:44,977 - I could go under his belt. - I bet you would. 100 00:08:45,012 --> 00:08:47,942 I think 1,000 women marching... 101 00:08:47,977 --> 00:08:50,978 means more than 10,000 signatures on a piece of paper. 102 00:08:51,013 --> 00:08:52,943 Suffrage is not a dead issue. 103 00:08:52,978 --> 00:08:55,944 It's us, it's you. It's living, breathing women. 104 00:08:55,979 --> 00:08:59,979 We're not just a petition that can be crumpled up and tossed away. 105 00:09:00,014 --> 00:09:01,945 And this is what marching does. 106 00:09:01,980 --> 00:09:03,980 Marching shows the politicians that we women... 107 00:09:04,015 --> 00:09:06,998 are united in our demand for political- 108 00:09:07,033 --> 00:09:09,946 Show me a raise. Screw the politicians. 109 00:09:09,981 --> 00:09:13,947 Go ahead, if you think it'll help. Now, there's... 110 00:09:13,982 --> 00:09:17,982 A hundred and forty-six women burned to death in a factory fire last month. 111 00:09:18,017 --> 00:09:21,948 Where's your fire escape? 112 00:09:21,983 --> 00:09:26,984 Laws are made by elected officials. A fire escape can be required by law. 113 00:09:27,019 --> 00:09:28,949 A vote is a fire escape. 114 00:09:28,984 --> 00:09:32,985 If we take Sunday off to la-di-da for you, we get fired on Monday. 115 00:09:33,020 --> 00:09:35,985 You have children, missus? They don't eat ballots. 116 00:09:36,020 --> 00:09:37,951 Go ahead, shout your head off. 117 00:09:37,986 --> 00:09:40,986 The ruling class are those who have a voice, and that voice is a vote. 118 00:09:41,021 --> 00:09:43,952 No one hears you. 119 00:09:43,987 --> 00:09:47,987 - Votes for women. - The parade is going to happen and... 120 00:09:48,022 --> 00:09:56,006 Please, would you like one? 121 00:09:56,041 --> 00:10:03,990 The more the merrier. Anyone? 122 00:10:04,025 --> 00:10:09,956 A vote is a fire escape. 123 00:10:09,991 --> 00:10:17,992 That's right. A vote's a fire escape. 124 00:10:18,027 --> 00:10:21,993 Mrs. Wenclawska. Ruza. 125 00:10:22,028 --> 00:10:23,958 Alice Paul. 126 00:10:23,993 --> 00:10:30,959 Now give me the rest, college girl. 127 00:10:30,994 --> 00:10:43,997 Helen Keller's in town. Arrange for me to meet her. 128 00:10:44,032 --> 00:10:45,962 I don't know which hotel. 129 00:10:45,997 --> 00:10:50,498 She's deaf and blind. If she found it, I'm sure you can. 130 00:10:50,533 --> 00:10:54,998 Hi. Mabel Vernon. I played hockey with Alice at Swarthmore. 131 00:10:55,033 --> 00:10:56,964 Lucy Burns. 132 00:10:56,999 --> 00:11:00,999 D.C. Police will not guarantee our safety if we march on the 3rd... 133 00:11:01,034 --> 00:11:03,000 - because Wilson's arriving. - We're not changing the date. 134 00:11:03,035 --> 00:11:05,000 Exactly what I said. I like that one. 135 00:11:05,035 --> 00:11:08,966 And he said, "Well... 136 00:11:09,001 --> 00:11:11,001 "miss, there might be trouble with inaugural crowds... 137 00:11:11,036 --> 00:11:13,967 "and I'm afraid I won't be held responsible. " 138 00:11:14,002 --> 00:11:17,002 And I said, "Look, mister, we're entitled to police protection. " 139 00:11:17,037 --> 00:11:21,003 And he said, "Why don't you take my advice, you ladies? 140 00:11:21,038 --> 00:11:27,021 - "Why don't you stay at home?" - Miss Paul? 141 00:11:27,056 --> 00:11:32,970 Ida Wells-Barnett, from the Chicago delegation. 142 00:11:33,005 --> 00:11:38,006 I'm told you expect Negro women to march in a separate unit, at the back. 143 00:11:38,041 --> 00:11:40,523 Southern suffrage groups threatened to withdraw- 144 00:11:40,558 --> 00:11:42,971 Are the ladies afraid we'll march out of step? 145 00:11:43,006 --> 00:11:46,007 - Call their bluff. - We can't afford to lose their support... 146 00:11:46,042 --> 00:11:47,972 not with the Democrats in office. 147 00:11:48,007 --> 00:11:50,973 Who's "we"? Women? Or just white women? 148 00:11:51,008 --> 00:11:54,508 - Now, wait a minute. - We have one agenda: suffrage. 149 00:11:54,543 --> 00:11:57,974 - Add another issue- - If we don't stand up now... 150 00:11:58,009 --> 00:12:00,509 what happens to Negro women when you finally get the vote? 151 00:12:00,544 --> 00:12:02,975 They'll keep us out of the polling place any way they can- 152 00:12:03,010 --> 00:12:05,010 - Other colored groups have agreed. - Not perfect, but practical. 153 00:12:05,045 --> 00:12:07,010 - Other colored groups have agreed. - Not perfect, but practical. 154 00:12:07,045 --> 00:12:10,011 Dress up prejudice and call it politics? 155 00:12:10,046 --> 00:12:13,976 I expected more from a Quaker. 156 00:12:14,011 --> 00:12:18,012 I'll march with my peers or not at all. 157 00:12:18,047 --> 00:12:56,984 I understand. 158 00:12:57,019 --> 00:12:57,984 How are you, ma'am? 159 00:12:58,019 --> 00:13:00,519 Doris Stevens, National Woman Suffrage Association. 160 00:13:00,554 --> 00:13:03,020 We need volunteers. If you have an hour to spare? 161 00:13:03,055 --> 00:13:05,985 No, I can't, not today. 162 00:13:06,020 --> 00:13:11,021 - Or if you'd like to make a contribution- - No, thank you. 163 00:13:11,056 --> 00:13:14,021 - Watch out, sweetheart. Hot soup. - Jenny! 164 00:13:14,056 --> 00:13:14,987 How are you, ma'am? 165 00:13:15,022 --> 00:13:18,022 I'm Doris Stevens, National Woman Suffrage Association. 166 00:13:18,057 --> 00:13:21,023 We need volunteers. If you have an hour to spare? 167 00:13:21,058 --> 00:13:21,988 I'm sorry, I can't. 168 00:13:22,023 --> 00:13:26,023 Or if you'd like to make a pledge. 169 00:13:26,058 --> 00:13:27,989 Another time, perhaps. 170 00:13:28,024 --> 00:13:30,524 Come along, Jenny. Mind the wet. 171 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,025 Jenny, come on, take my hand. 172 00:13:33,060 --> 00:13:33,990 How are you, ma'am? 173 00:13:34,025 --> 00:14:35,000 Doris Stevens, National Woman Suffrage Association. 174 00:14:35,035 --> 00:14:43,036 We're going to solicit donations. Let's look like we need them. 175 00:14:43,071 --> 00:14:51,037 I could tell you were from Wyoming. That's my favorite state. 176 00:14:51,072 --> 00:14:55,038 They gave women the vote from the get-go. 177 00:14:55,073 --> 00:14:58,056 What a beautiful dog you're wearing. 178 00:14:58,091 --> 00:15:01,004 Didn't we meet at Mrs. Bellwood's lunch? 179 00:15:01,039 --> 00:15:08,005 I'm Doris Stevens, National Woman Suffrage Association. 180 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:13,041 ...by the politicians, by the newspapers. It's very important to raise awareness... 181 00:15:13,076 --> 00:15:17,042 - Sen. Leighton, good to see you. - Good to see you. 182 00:15:17,077 --> 00:15:22,008 Good evening, Senator. 183 00:15:22,043 --> 00:15:39,010 - Hi, John. Nice to see you. - Senator. 184 00:15:39,045 --> 00:15:42,046 Beautiful, isn't it? I'm sorry, I'm Lucy Burns. 185 00:15:42,081 --> 00:15:44,046 Emily Leighton. 186 00:15:44,081 --> 00:15:46,012 Gosh. 187 00:15:46,047 --> 00:15:49,047 I'm actually part of NAWSA's Congressional Committee. 188 00:15:49,082 --> 00:15:52,012 National American Woman Suffrage Association. 189 00:15:52,048 --> 00:15:56,048 We're giving a parade. Have you heard about our parade? 190 00:15:56,083 --> 00:15:59,049 I really don't follow politics, Miss Burns. 191 00:15:59,084 --> 00:16:03,014 I haven't the head for it. 192 00:16:03,049 --> 00:16:05,015 We're citizens or we're chattel. 193 00:16:05,050 --> 00:16:08,050 You don't really need a degree from Harvard to figure that out. 194 00:16:08,085 --> 00:16:09,015 Would you excuse us? 195 00:16:09,050 --> 00:16:12,051 Sen. Leighton, it's very... 196 00:16:12,086 --> 00:16:17,017 nice to meet you. 197 00:16:17,052 --> 00:16:19,017 Muller vs. Oregon, 1908. 198 00:16:19,052 --> 00:16:22,017 Judge rules in favor of shorter working hours for women... 199 00:16:22,052 --> 00:16:27,053 then goes on record saying healthy mothers serve the public interest. 200 00:16:27,088 --> 00:16:30,054 That was a victory. And as you're a labor lawyer, are you not? 201 00:16:30,089 --> 00:16:31,019 Those women were being exploited. 202 00:16:31,054 --> 00:16:42,021 Sure, now they're being patronized. We're not brood mares. 203 00:16:42,056 --> 00:16:45,556 Labor law with a sexual bias will come back and bite us in the ass. 204 00:16:45,591 --> 00:16:49,057 The issue isn't opportunity, it's protection. Women need protection. 205 00:16:49,092 --> 00:16:51,022 We all need protection. 206 00:16:51,057 --> 00:16:53,058 But when women complain, people call it hysteria... 207 00:16:53,093 --> 00:16:54,023 and rush to fetch the doctor. 208 00:16:54,058 --> 00:16:58,058 As long as women accept protective law, they can't expect equality. 209 00:16:58,093 --> 00:17:01,059 They need full citizenship. 210 00:17:01,094 --> 00:17:03,076 Ben Weissman. 211 00:17:03,111 --> 00:17:05,025 Alice Paul. 212 00:17:05,060 --> 00:17:08,025 Inez Milholland. 213 00:17:08,060 --> 00:17:19,027 I'm hungry. Have you eaten? 214 00:17:19,062 --> 00:17:23,063 A stout old maid with facial hair, Carry Nation waving her axe... 215 00:17:23,098 --> 00:17:26,063 is what people think of when you say "suffragist. " 216 00:17:26,098 --> 00:17:28,080 So NAWSA fights it with Madonna and Child? 217 00:17:28,115 --> 00:17:30,064 Women who nurture the family, rock the baby... 218 00:17:30,099 --> 00:17:32,029 serve the dinner, serve society. 219 00:17:32,064 --> 00:17:34,029 - Serving, serving, serving. - Always. 220 00:17:34,064 --> 00:17:38,065 But the new suffragist is single, young, independent... 221 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,065 - Educated. - ... and very, very beautiful. 222 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:41,583 She's you. 223 00:17:41,618 --> 00:17:42,842 On a horse. 224 00:17:42,877 --> 00:17:44,031 A cowgirl? 225 00:17:44,066 --> 00:17:45,031 - A warrior. - A herald. 226 00:17:45,066 --> 00:17:49,067 Joan of Arc with 10,000 women following her down Pennsylvania Avenue. 227 00:17:49,102 --> 00:17:51,067 An ideal woman who can lead us up the mountain. 228 00:17:51,102 --> 00:17:55,585 - Or off a cliff. - No. 229 00:17:55,620 --> 00:18:00,034 Something like this? 230 00:18:00,069 --> 00:18:02,069 You could do this for a living. 231 00:18:02,104 --> 00:18:05,034 - You think so? - He does. 232 00:18:05,069 --> 00:18:21,072 What's the name of that miserable rag you work for? The Washington Post. 233 00:18:21,107 --> 00:18:25,073 - That's exactly what I want. - Have dinner with me tomorrow. 234 00:18:25,108 --> 00:18:28,073 When I do business with men, we have dinner. 235 00:18:28,108 --> 00:18:29,038 Don't you want equal treatment? 236 00:18:29,073 --> 00:18:34,074 - I'm having dinner with Helen Keller. - Don't stare, she hates that. 237 00:18:34,109 --> 00:18:36,040 Have lunch with me. 238 00:18:36,075 --> 00:18:38,075 I'd like to meet some Washington Post reporters. 239 00:18:38,110 --> 00:18:40,040 - After lunch. - Before. 240 00:18:40,075 --> 00:18:42,076 - Don't you trust me? - I don't know you. 241 00:18:42,111 --> 00:18:45,041 Would you like to? 242 00:18:45,076 --> 00:18:47,076 Negro men have been voting since the Civil War. 243 00:18:47,111 --> 00:18:50,042 You think the ballot's changed his life? 244 00:18:50,077 --> 00:18:53,042 It's a cash-and-carry country. What will the vote buy you? 245 00:18:53,077 --> 00:18:57,043 - Self-respect, for starters. - I vote and I have no self-respect. 246 00:18:57,078 --> 00:19:00,079 What do you think women are going to do when they vote? Reform politics? 247 00:19:00,114 --> 00:19:02,044 Because we're morally superior? 248 00:19:02,079 --> 00:19:06,080 That's a nice fairy tale. I don't have any illusions about women. 249 00:19:06,115 --> 00:19:08,045 There's good and bad, just like men. 250 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:12,081 I don't know what they're going to do with their vote, and I don't care. 251 00:19:12,116 --> 00:19:16,081 - Prohibition? Legalize birth control? - It doesn't matter. 252 00:19:16,116 --> 00:19:17,046 - That's not the point. - What's the point? 253 00:19:17,081 --> 00:19:21,047 We're legitimate citizens. We're taxed without representation... 254 00:19:21,082 --> 00:19:24,083 we're not allowed to serve on juries, so we're not tried by our peers. 255 00:19:24,118 --> 00:19:27,048 It's unconscionable, not to mention unconstitutional. 256 00:19:27,083 --> 00:19:31,049 We don't make the laws, but we have to obey them, like children. 257 00:19:31,084 --> 00:19:34,084 You know the Suffrage Amendment has only once been voted on in the Senate? 258 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:37,050 But we've got nine states now. 259 00:19:37,085 --> 00:19:41,085 That's four million women voters, which means one-fifth of the House... 260 00:19:41,120 --> 00:19:44,086 one-sixth of the Senate, and one-seventh of the electoral votes... 261 00:19:44,121 --> 00:19:46,051 come from suffrage states. 262 00:19:46,086 --> 00:19:50,087 You want to know what women can buy with that? 263 00:19:50,122 --> 00:19:52,087 Were you the smartest girl in your class? 264 00:19:52,122 --> 00:19:57,053 No. In the whole school. 265 00:19:57,088 --> 00:20:03,089 Would you be talking to me if I didn't work for The Washington Post? 266 00:20:03,124 --> 00:20:05,054 No. 267 00:20:05,089 --> 00:20:17,091 Have lunch with me, Alice Paul. 268 00:20:17,126 --> 00:20:29,093 This desk was Susan B. Anthony's. 269 00:20:29,128 --> 00:20:32,094 From the old headquarters. 270 00:20:32,129 --> 00:20:36,094 It was in storage. 271 00:20:36,129 --> 00:20:41,060 It's haunted. 272 00:20:41,095 --> 00:20:49,097 Did you kiss him? Because if you don't want him, I'll take him. 273 00:20:49,132 --> 00:20:53,062 Listen. 274 00:20:53,097 --> 00:21:01,099 Ask her how we'll get the amendment on the floor. 275 00:21:01,134 --> 00:21:03,099 What does she say? 276 00:21:03,134 --> 00:22:09,627 She says: 277 00:22:09,662 --> 00:23:16,086 "Just do it. " 278 00:23:16,121 --> 00:23:21,087 Hey, girls! Over here! 279 00:23:21,122 --> 00:23:25,122 Get over here, come on! Get off the streets, go home to your mother! 280 00:23:25,157 --> 00:23:30,088 My mother is here! 281 00:23:30,123 --> 00:23:49,126 If you was my wife, I'd bash your head in! 282 00:23:49,161 --> 00:23:51,127 Welcome, Mr. President! 283 00:23:51,162 --> 00:23:53,092 Welcome, sir. 284 00:23:53,127 --> 00:23:54,092 Welcome to Washington, Mr. President- 285 00:23:54,127 --> 00:24:02,128 - Why, thank you, Commissioner Stevenson. - Right this way. 286 00:24:02,163 --> 00:24:10,130 I thought there would be a big crowd. Where is everybody? 287 00:24:10,165 --> 00:24:12,095 Hey, you he-shes! 288 00:24:12,130 --> 00:24:15,096 Get off the streets and go home, you hussies! 289 00:24:15,131 --> 00:24:20,131 - You want to be a man? - Who wears the pants in your family? 290 00:24:20,166 --> 00:24:34,134 What you got under your skirt? 291 00:24:34,169 --> 00:25:07,139 Go back home! 292 00:25:07,174 --> 00:25:18,158 Mom! 293 00:25:18,193 --> 00:25:29,108 Officer! 294 00:25:29,143 --> 00:26:08,114 Officer! Over here! 295 00:26:08,149 --> 00:26:13,150 When's the last time suffrage was on the front page? 296 00:26:13,185 --> 00:26:15,150 "Nation aroused by open insults to women. 297 00:26:15,185 --> 00:26:18,116 "Cause wins popular sympathy. " 298 00:26:18,151 --> 00:26:20,151 Another photograph of you, warrior princess... 299 00:26:20,186 --> 00:26:22,117 above the fold, thank you. 300 00:26:22,152 --> 00:26:26,117 Alice, you were right about the wings. 301 00:26:26,152 --> 00:26:29,153 "Even those who are opposed to giving women the vote... 302 00:26:29,188 --> 00:26:32,153 "must now admit that the movement is no ephemeral thing. " 303 00:26:32,188 --> 00:26:35,154 The Evening Star blames the D.C. Police. 304 00:26:35,189 --> 00:26:39,154 - So does The Post. - My feet hurt. 305 00:26:39,189 --> 00:26:40,120 We got lucky. 306 00:26:40,155 --> 00:26:43,155 A hundred people in the hospital. You call that lucky, Miss Paul? 307 00:26:43,190 --> 00:26:47,121 She means the extra publicity. Look, Anna... 308 00:26:47,156 --> 00:26:52,157 The police were negligent. The Post is calling for an investigation. 309 00:26:52,192 --> 00:26:54,122 Wilson's a gentleman from the South. 310 00:26:54,157 --> 00:26:56,122 I don't see how he can deny a delegation of women... 311 00:26:56,157 --> 00:26:59,158 especially when they were practically molested at his doorstep. 312 00:26:59,193 --> 00:27:03,158 - A delegation? - Before the bruises fade. 313 00:27:03,193 --> 00:27:05,124 Before he addresses Congress. 314 00:27:05,159 --> 00:27:08,124 He's the President of the United States, Miss Paul. 315 00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:11,160 You don't exactly go calling on him as though he were the missus next door. 316 00:27:11,195 --> 00:27:17,161 Come on, Carrie. Can't a cat look at a king? 317 00:27:17,196 --> 00:27:19,126 We should press our advantage. 318 00:27:19,161 --> 00:27:38,129 I think you overestimate your advantage. 319 00:27:38,164 --> 00:27:42,665 This is the first time the issue of suffrage has been brought to my attention. 320 00:27:42,700 --> 00:27:47,166 We hope that you'll support the issue in your address to Congress, Mr. President. 321 00:27:47,201 --> 00:27:49,131 As I promised in my election campaign... 322 00:27:49,166 --> 00:27:53,167 Congress will focus on currency revision and tariff reform. 323 00:27:53,202 --> 00:27:55,132 These are issues which affect all Americans... 324 00:27:55,167 --> 00:28:01,133 and of course, must take priority over special interests. 325 00:28:01,168 --> 00:28:05,169 I can't very well instruct Congress on the merits of an issue... 326 00:28:05,204 --> 00:28:07,134 I'm not familiar with. 327 00:28:07,169 --> 00:28:16,170 I hope you'll be patient while I educate myself. 328 00:28:16,205 --> 00:28:19,136 Mr. President. 329 00:28:19,171 --> 00:28:24,172 How can you legislate tariff reform when not all citizens are able to vote for it? 330 00:28:24,207 --> 00:28:35,191 Isn't that why we fought the American Revolution? 331 00:28:35,226 --> 00:28:46,140 The way he seated us in a circle like schoolgirls. 332 00:28:46,175 --> 00:28:53,177 He's stalling, Lucy. He knows Anna Shaw won't press him. 333 00:28:53,212 --> 00:28:55,142 What we need is a separate committee... 334 00:28:55,177 --> 00:29:08,144 dedicated to the federal amendment and nothing else. 335 00:29:08,179 --> 00:29:11,179 We've got women coming in from every district to volunteer. 336 00:29:11,214 --> 00:29:14,180 Now's the time to train them. 337 00:29:14,215 --> 00:29:17,145 Lobby Congress. 338 00:29:17,180 --> 00:29:19,146 Really pressure both Houses... 339 00:29:19,181 --> 00:29:21,181 get the amendment on the floor and to a vote. 340 00:29:21,216 --> 00:29:22,146 It won't pass. 341 00:29:22,181 --> 00:29:25,182 Then we'll use that as an excuse to go after the Democrats. 342 00:29:25,217 --> 00:29:28,147 Be a thorn in Wilson's side- 343 00:29:28,182 --> 00:29:39,149 A rock in his shoe, we won't let up. 344 00:29:39,184 --> 00:29:44,185 Inez, we need a bigger headquarters. Any of your rich boyfriends own a building? 345 00:29:44,220 --> 00:29:46,150 Would you please be quiet? 346 00:29:46,185 --> 00:29:49,186 My sister's blind. I have to read the titles to her. 347 00:29:49,221 --> 00:29:52,186 That's it, you've ruined it for me. Let's go. Come on. 348 00:29:52,221 --> 00:30:04,153 Come on. 349 00:30:04,188 --> 00:30:07,154 Instructions for lobbyists: 350 00:30:07,189 --> 00:30:09,154 Before you visit a Congressman, look him up in our card index. 351 00:30:09,189 --> 00:30:13,190 What bills has he supported in the past? What's his suffrage record? 352 00:30:13,225 --> 00:30:26,157 Learn the names of his children. 353 00:30:26,192 --> 00:30:28,192 We don't need women voting in South Carolina. 354 00:30:28,227 --> 00:30:31,710 We know how to take care of our women. 355 00:30:31,745 --> 00:30:35,158 Be a good listener. Don't interrupt. 356 00:30:35,193 --> 00:30:38,194 The majority of intelligent, refined, educated women... 357 00:30:38,229 --> 00:30:41,194 in our country don't want it, and that's a fact. 358 00:30:41,229 --> 00:30:53,161 Don't lose your temper. 359 00:30:53,196 --> 00:31:00,162 Since you are suffragists, you won't mind standing. 360 00:31:00,197 --> 00:31:18,200 I'm with you. I'm for it. I'm going to vote for it. Now don't bother me. 361 00:31:18,235 --> 00:31:20,166 I was beginning to worry. 362 00:31:20,201 --> 00:31:22,201 Didn't Mrs. Martin tell you I was going to be late? 363 00:31:22,236 --> 00:31:24,201 I asked her to call you. 364 00:31:24,236 --> 00:31:26,167 You look tired. 365 00:31:26,202 --> 00:31:29,202 Suffrage Amendment finally made it out of committee. 366 00:31:29,237 --> 00:31:32,168 Took forever to defeat it. 367 00:31:32,203 --> 00:31:37,169 Senators love to hear themselves talk. 368 00:31:37,204 --> 00:31:40,204 What did they say? Why did they vote it down? 369 00:31:40,239 --> 00:31:43,170 Because they know... 370 00:31:43,205 --> 00:31:48,205 that you have your hands full with the children already. 371 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:53,171 - Rebecca learn any new words today? - Yes, "funny. " 372 00:31:53,206 --> 00:31:59,207 You didn't really expect the amendment to get a two-thirds majority, did you? 373 00:31:59,242 --> 00:32:01,173 I don't expect, I plan... 374 00:32:01,208 --> 00:32:04,173 for every possibility I can imagine. 375 00:32:04,208 --> 00:32:09,209 - You don't like surprises? - Not even on my birthday. 376 00:32:09,244 --> 00:32:12,174 Men plan, God laughs. 377 00:32:12,209 --> 00:32:18,210 - I'm not a man. - Ever wish you were? 378 00:32:18,245 --> 00:32:20,176 Once. 379 00:32:20,211 --> 00:32:26,212 When I saw my brother peeing his name in the snow. 380 00:32:26,247 --> 00:32:34,213 The wind is changing. 381 00:32:34,248 --> 00:32:35,178 What? 382 00:32:35,213 --> 00:32:38,214 Alice Paul's new, unauthorized fundraising committee. 383 00:32:38,249 --> 00:32:41,214 She's calling it the Congressional Union. 384 00:32:41,249 --> 00:32:45,215 See who's on the advisory board? 385 00:32:45,250 --> 00:32:46,180 Not without my specs. 386 00:32:46,215 --> 00:32:51,216 Phoebe Harkes, Helen Keller, Harriot Blatch. 387 00:32:51,251 --> 00:32:55,181 She's handpicked our best fundraisers. 388 00:32:55,216 --> 00:32:57,217 And that money should've come here to the National... 389 00:32:57,252 --> 00:33:00,234 for state campaigns, not her propaganda sheet. 390 00:33:00,269 --> 00:33:03,218 You didn't authorize her to publish a newspaper? 391 00:33:03,253 --> 00:33:06,183 - Of course not. - Read the editorial. 392 00:33:06,218 --> 00:33:12,184 She's telling women to boycott Wilson in the next election. 393 00:33:12,219 --> 00:33:16,220 Rarely in the history of the country has a party been more powerful... 394 00:33:16,255 --> 00:33:19,185 than the Democratic Party is today. 395 00:33:19,220 --> 00:33:24,221 Those who hold power are responsible not only for what they do... 396 00:33:24,256 --> 00:33:26,187 but for what they do not do. 397 00:33:26,222 --> 00:33:29,187 If the Democrats refuse to enfranchise women... 398 00:33:29,222 --> 00:33:32,223 then it's incumbent upon voters to boycott President Wilson and his party... 399 00:33:32,258 --> 00:33:35,188 in the upcoming election. 400 00:33:35,223 --> 00:33:38,224 President Wilson's inaction establishes just as clear a record... 401 00:33:38,259 --> 00:33:43,189 as does a policy of open hostility. 402 00:33:43,224 --> 00:33:46,225 Leave that. Maybe he'll feel he has to respond. 403 00:33:46,260 --> 00:33:49,225 Wilson doesn't subscribe to The Suffragist. 404 00:33:49,260 --> 00:34:04,228 He reads The Evening Star. 405 00:34:04,263 --> 00:34:06,193 Hello. 406 00:34:06,228 --> 00:34:18,230 - I apologize for not returning your calls. - One call. 407 00:34:18,265 --> 00:34:22,196 Yours? 408 00:34:22,231 --> 00:34:25,196 It's the Coliseum, isn't it? Have you been to Rome? 409 00:34:25,231 --> 00:34:30,232 Are you trying to make small talk? Because you stink at it. 410 00:34:30,267 --> 00:34:31,197 I know why you're here. 411 00:34:31,232 --> 00:34:34,233 The Starwouldn't print some tirade from your propaganda sheet... 412 00:34:34,268 --> 00:34:36,198 and you want me to help you at The Post. 413 00:34:36,233 --> 00:34:39,199 The Suffragist is not propaganda, it reports on suffrage. 414 00:34:39,234 --> 00:34:43,234 - And it's an editorial, not a tirade. - This paper supports the Democrats. 415 00:34:43,269 --> 00:34:45,235 Mr. Clayburgh isn't going to hand you editorial space. 416 00:34:45,270 --> 00:34:47,200 You want ink, buy a pen. 417 00:34:47,235 --> 00:34:53,736 All I want is 15 minutes with him. 418 00:34:53,771 --> 00:34:58,504 Could we talk about it over lunch? 419 00:34:58,539 --> 00:35:03,203 Dinner. And don't wear that hat. 420 00:35:03,238 --> 00:35:06,238 - I like this hat. - It's ballast, isn't it? 421 00:35:06,273 --> 00:35:08,203 If you took it off, you'd drift. 422 00:35:08,238 --> 00:35:12,239 You'd sleep late, you'd go to the park, read magazines. 423 00:35:12,274 --> 00:35:14,239 - Detective novels. - Go dancing? 424 00:35:14,274 --> 00:35:18,257 - Play tennis. - No rhythm? 425 00:35:18,292 --> 00:35:22,206 Am I getting too personal? 426 00:35:22,241 --> 00:35:24,206 - I know what you're thinking. - That saves time. 427 00:35:24,241 --> 00:35:27,242 - Dinner on Friday all right? - We must have a bad connection. 428 00:35:27,277 --> 00:35:36,243 Julia passed away four years ago. 429 00:35:36,278 --> 00:35:40,209 Friday? 430 00:35:40,244 --> 00:35:43,209 - No night's good for me. - Because I don't have a wife? 431 00:35:43,244 --> 00:35:50,245 Because you're a coward who won't champion a reasonable editorial. 432 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,211 Dinner, Francisco's, Friday? 433 00:35:52,246 --> 00:36:22,216 - Bring your editor? - All right, whatever, come on. 434 00:36:22,251 --> 00:36:26,251 - Could you type this for me? - I'm just here to make a donation. 435 00:36:26,286 --> 00:36:28,252 It won't take you long. The typewriter's here. 436 00:36:28,287 --> 00:36:30,217 I don't know how to type. 437 00:36:30,252 --> 00:36:58,257 The letters are on the keys. Thank you. 438 00:36:58,292 --> 00:37:07,223 Yes? 439 00:37:07,258 --> 00:37:11,224 Thank you. Nice. 440 00:37:11,259 --> 00:37:17,260 Did you sign up for training? We need volunteers to lobby for the amendment. 441 00:37:17,295 --> 00:37:20,260 I'm Sen. Leighton's wife. 442 00:37:20,295 --> 00:37:23,226 He doesn't approve. 443 00:37:23,261 --> 00:37:29,262 If everyone approved, there'd be no point to it, would there? 444 00:37:29,297 --> 00:37:35,263 I love my husband. I see no reason to publicly embarrass him. 445 00:37:35,298 --> 00:37:38,780 Women like you are worse than anti-suffragists. 446 00:37:38,815 --> 00:37:42,264 You perpetuate the lie every day at breakfast. 447 00:37:42,299 --> 00:37:45,229 I beg your pardon? 448 00:37:45,264 --> 00:38:16,270 You don't know what you're talking about. 449 00:38:16,305 --> 00:38:23,288 Hi. Mr. Weissman? 450 00:38:23,323 --> 00:38:30,237 Of course. Follow me. 451 00:38:30,272 --> 00:38:54,276 My father went to the bathroom. 452 00:38:54,311 --> 00:39:04,294 My shoe. 453 00:39:04,329 --> 00:39:11,805 It's untied. 454 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:19,245 Do you mind? 455 00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:24,281 He's the youngest newspaper editor I've ever met. 456 00:39:24,316 --> 00:39:40,283 Do you want to split the manicotti? 457 00:39:40,318 --> 00:39:42,249 You're back early. 458 00:39:42,284 --> 00:39:45,284 He had to take his son home. 459 00:39:45,319 --> 00:39:48,250 His son? 460 00:39:48,285 --> 00:39:51,785 My sister had the baby. 461 00:39:51,820 --> 00:39:55,251 A girl. She had a girl. 462 00:39:55,286 --> 00:39:59,287 God. In one more year I'm going to be 30. 463 00:39:59,322 --> 00:40:00,252 I can just see it now. 464 00:40:00,287 --> 00:40:05,288 I'll end up back in Brooklyn with a hairless cat... 465 00:40:05,323 --> 00:40:07,253 called Lester. 466 00:40:07,288 --> 00:40:09,253 Leave the baby-making to women... 467 00:40:09,288 --> 00:40:14,289 who aren't lucky enough to have your brains or your ability. 468 00:40:14,324 --> 00:40:17,254 Don't complicate your life. 469 00:40:17,289 --> 00:40:21,290 My mother had eight of us. Elizabeth Cady Stanton had seven. 470 00:40:21,325 --> 00:40:23,290 When she and Susan Anthony were together... 471 00:40:23,325 --> 00:40:25,308 they took turns feeding the babies. 472 00:40:25,343 --> 00:40:27,256 I'm not feeding anyone's babies. 473 00:40:27,291 --> 00:40:30,292 Are you done? Let's go over the budget. 474 00:40:30,327 --> 00:40:32,257 In the morning. I'm too tired. 475 00:40:32,292 --> 00:40:39,293 Think how tired you'd be if you had seven children. 476 00:40:39,328 --> 00:40:44,259 I'm tired of being alone. 477 00:40:44,294 --> 00:40:52,295 If you say you're not, you're a liar. 478 00:40:52,330 --> 00:41:00,297 Before you sit down, Miss Paul... 479 00:41:00,332 --> 00:41:04,262 $25,343.88... 480 00:41:04,297 --> 00:41:06,263 is a very impressive total. 481 00:41:06,298 --> 00:41:11,298 Why hasn't any of that money been forwarded to the National Treasury? 482 00:41:11,333 --> 00:41:13,264 It was collected by the Congressional Union. 483 00:41:13,299 --> 00:41:16,299 The Union was created to fund the Committee's efforts... 484 00:41:16,334 --> 00:41:18,817 to lobby Washington for a federal amendment. 485 00:41:18,852 --> 00:41:21,265 We're not budgeted by the National Treasury. 486 00:41:21,300 --> 00:41:25,266 I move to suspend the activities of the Congressional Committee... 487 00:41:25,301 --> 00:41:32,302 during which time the board will investigate unauthorized expenditures. 488 00:41:32,337 --> 00:41:45,269 Second the motion. 489 00:41:45,304 --> 00:41:49,270 Did you hear that? Investigation of our finances. 490 00:41:49,305 --> 00:41:51,305 Good. Great, let them keep their Congressional Committee. 491 00:41:51,340 --> 00:41:55,306 We can run our own campaign. To hell with NAWSA. 492 00:41:55,341 --> 00:42:00,271 I don't want to fight other women. 493 00:42:00,307 --> 00:42:05,307 Carrie Catt is the next president of NAWSA. 494 00:42:05,342 --> 00:42:09,273 I don't think she is a woman. 495 00:42:09,308 --> 00:42:22,310 Seriously, has anyone seen her naked? 496 00:42:22,345 --> 00:42:29,276 She called you a thief. 497 00:42:29,311 --> 00:42:32,312 If you don't resign, she'll make sure you're voted out... 498 00:42:32,347 --> 00:42:34,277 and then what? 499 00:42:34,312 --> 00:42:37,313 Are we going to fold our hands like good little girls? 500 00:42:37,348 --> 00:42:38,278 Do what Mama says? 501 00:42:38,313 --> 00:42:48,314 Hope that Wilson will pat us on the fanny when he goes by? 502 00:42:48,349 --> 00:42:51,280 Look at me. 503 00:42:51,315 --> 00:42:55,316 No one will blame you if we split with NAWSA. 504 00:42:55,351 --> 00:43:40,323 They're not giving us any other choice. 505 00:43:40,358 --> 00:43:42,323 Here's your tea. 506 00:43:42,358 --> 00:43:49,290 Thank you. 507 00:43:49,325 --> 00:43:50,290 Stick some on top. 508 00:43:50,325 --> 00:44:06,827 Yeah, put your tongue on the top. 509 00:44:06,862 --> 00:44:23,295 Okay, get ready for bed. Come on. 510 00:44:23,330 --> 00:44:27,331 The National Woman's Party is composed entirely of women... 511 00:44:27,366 --> 00:44:31,331 and does not align itself officially or unofficially... 512 00:44:31,366 --> 00:44:33,297 with any existing political party. 513 00:44:33,332 --> 00:44:38,298 The NWP does not put forth a candidate for election. 514 00:44:38,333 --> 00:44:41,333 We are a single-platform party, dedicated to the passage... 515 00:44:41,368 --> 00:44:44,299 of the following constitutional amendment: 516 00:44:44,334 --> 00:44:47,334 The right of citizens of the United States to vote... 517 00:44:47,369 --> 00:44:50,335 shall not be denied or abridged by the United States... 518 00:44:50,370 --> 00:44:54,300 or any state, on account of sex. 519 00:44:54,335 --> 00:44:58,336 We pledge unceasing opposition to any and all political candidates... 520 00:44:58,371 --> 00:45:01,353 who refuse to support this amendment. 521 00:45:01,388 --> 00:45:04,337 And in the matter of foreign trade... 522 00:45:04,372 --> 00:45:15,856 the economy demands... 523 00:45:15,891 --> 00:45:22,616 Don't push, no pushing! 524 00:45:22,651 --> 00:45:29,306 - Mrs. Catt. - One question. 525 00:45:29,341 --> 00:45:31,341 NAWSA does not support the National Woman's Party. 526 00:45:31,376 --> 00:45:33,307 Miss Paul said she plans to organize- 527 00:45:33,342 --> 00:45:36,842 Miss Paul is taking a thoughtless and irresponsible stance... 528 00:45:36,877 --> 00:45:39,610 that amounts to an endorsement of the Republican candidate. 529 00:45:39,645 --> 00:45:42,494 Think Miss Paul's campaign will cost Wilson his reelection? 530 00:45:42,529 --> 00:45:45,309 President Wilson has kept us out of the war in Europe... 531 00:45:45,344 --> 00:45:58,346 and NAWSA will continue to endorse him, as will women voters in the West. 532 00:45:58,381 --> 00:46:06,347 Extra, read all about it. Kaiser presses on, read all about it. 533 00:46:06,382 --> 00:46:08,312 Thank you, ma'am. 534 00:46:08,347 --> 00:46:11,348 Give this to Mrs. Harold for expense money. She's a widow now. 535 00:46:11,383 --> 00:46:13,865 Yeah, got it. 536 00:46:13,900 --> 00:46:16,314 It isn't fair. 537 00:46:16,349 --> 00:46:19,314 - Should have called heads. - Mrs. McEwan! 538 00:46:19,349 --> 00:46:24,350 Buck up. I'm only going to one state, I'll be the first one back. Come here. 539 00:46:24,385 --> 00:46:26,315 - Alice? - Yeah? 540 00:46:26,350 --> 00:46:28,351 - Alice, Inez wants you. - Where is she? 541 00:46:28,386 --> 00:46:39,318 She's by the side entrance. 542 00:46:39,353 --> 00:46:42,353 I can't go to California. You have to find someone else. 543 00:46:42,388 --> 00:46:45,354 There is no one else. You're the woman on the horse... 544 00:46:45,389 --> 00:46:48,371 you can make or break a rally. 545 00:46:48,406 --> 00:46:51,881 Alice, I can't tell you... 546 00:46:51,916 --> 00:46:55,320 I'm sorry, I'm exhausted. 547 00:46:55,355 --> 00:46:57,356 Run around Europe, waste your time on peace missions... 548 00:46:57,391 --> 00:46:59,321 and now you bail when it really matters? 549 00:46:59,356 --> 00:47:03,322 Waste my time? You couldn't say that if you'd been with me in France. 550 00:47:03,357 --> 00:47:07,357 We're not in France, we're in the United States and people want to hear you. 551 00:47:07,392 --> 00:47:10,323 Stuff them. Nothing's more important than ending a war. 552 00:47:10,358 --> 00:47:14,358 Not suffrage, not anything. You can't understand until you've seen it. 553 00:47:14,393 --> 00:47:17,376 Inez, this is an election year. 554 00:47:17,411 --> 00:47:20,385 And you're wearing blinders. 555 00:47:20,420 --> 00:47:23,325 I'm seeing around the corner. 556 00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:27,361 You hear that? It's a military band. You want a war, here's your war. 557 00:47:27,396 --> 00:47:30,378 This war's been going on for over half a century. 558 00:47:30,413 --> 00:47:33,388 The women who started it are dead and buried. 559 00:47:33,423 --> 00:47:36,327 Here is where it ends, now is when we win. 560 00:47:36,362 --> 00:47:40,363 You're tired, I'm tired. Who isn't tired? But don't sit down yet. 561 00:47:40,398 --> 00:47:41,328 If the woman on the horse drops out... 562 00:47:41,363 --> 00:47:48,364 what message is that going to send the troops? 563 00:47:48,399 --> 00:47:50,329 God... 564 00:47:50,364 --> 00:47:53,365 I can't say no to you. 565 00:47:53,400 --> 00:48:00,331 Then why try? 566 00:48:00,366 --> 00:48:04,367 Get some sleep on the train. You look awful. 567 00:48:04,402 --> 00:48:38,337 That's the spirit. 568 00:48:38,372 --> 00:48:42,373 Even God rested on Sunday. 569 00:48:42,408 --> 00:48:46,374 Come on. I'll let you drive. 570 00:48:46,409 --> 00:48:48,339 I'm busy. 571 00:48:48,374 --> 00:48:52,375 You do know how to drive, don't you, Miss Paul? 572 00:48:52,410 --> 00:48:56,375 Is that a car or a quilt? 573 00:48:56,410 --> 00:48:59,376 You want to learn? 574 00:48:59,411 --> 00:49:01,341 Easy! 575 00:49:01,376 --> 00:49:03,341 You've got to keep your head up when you're driving. 576 00:49:03,376 --> 00:49:08,377 It's very important to watch the road. Little easier when you let out on the clutch. 577 00:49:08,412 --> 00:49:11,343 Okay, there we are. That's better. 578 00:49:11,378 --> 00:49:14,378 Now watch the road. Keep your head up. Don't look so tense. 579 00:49:14,413 --> 00:49:20,379 Watch the road, watch the tree! 580 00:49:20,414 --> 00:49:30,346 Not the clutch, the brake. 581 00:49:30,381 --> 00:49:34,882 My little sister picked it up just like that. 582 00:49:34,917 --> 00:49:39,382 You look at your feet when you dance, don't you? 583 00:49:39,417 --> 00:49:53,402 I'm a Quaker. We don't dance. 584 00:49:53,437 --> 00:50:02,412 - What? - Take off the damn hat. 585 00:50:02,447 --> 00:51:04,426 Okay. Come on now, put it in reverse. 586 00:51:04,461 --> 00:52:06,407 Keep your head up. Don't look down. 587 00:52:06,442 --> 00:52:14,408 All right, Miss Jenny. 588 00:52:14,443 --> 00:52:17,926 Look at you. 589 00:52:17,961 --> 00:52:21,374 All right, love. 590 00:52:21,409 --> 00:52:28,375 Did you see the paper? 591 00:52:28,410 --> 00:52:32,411 "The National Woman's Party is traveling west by train. 592 00:52:32,446 --> 00:52:34,411 "They will embark on a speaking campaign... 593 00:52:34,446 --> 00:52:36,377 "urging women voters to vote... 594 00:52:36,412 --> 00:52:39,412 "against the Democrats in this election... 595 00:52:39,447 --> 00:52:41,377 "who oppose a federal amendment. 596 00:52:41,412 --> 00:52:45,413 "Noted contributors to this effort include... 597 00:52:45,448 --> 00:52:50,379 "Mrs. Thomas Leighton. " 598 00:52:50,414 --> 00:52:53,414 I use my housekeeping allowance, that's all. 599 00:52:53,449 --> 00:52:55,932 It has nothing to do with you. 600 00:52:55,967 --> 00:52:58,415 Emily, I'm a Democratic Senator. 601 00:52:58,450 --> 00:53:00,381 You're my wife. 602 00:53:00,416 --> 00:53:02,916 It's got everything to do with me. 603 00:53:02,951 --> 00:53:05,381 You'll withdraw your membership. 604 00:53:05,416 --> 00:53:10,417 They count on my monthly contributions. 605 00:53:10,452 --> 00:53:13,383 I've closed your account. 606 00:53:13,418 --> 00:53:17,383 You can charge at the grocers... 607 00:53:17,418 --> 00:53:31,386 and the bills will be sent to my office. 608 00:53:31,421 --> 00:53:36,386 Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty? 609 00:53:36,421 --> 00:53:41,422 I do not believe that women will vote in a national election. 610 00:53:41,457 --> 00:53:46,388 We declare our faith in the principles of self-government. 611 00:53:46,423 --> 00:53:50,424 If they were to, they would not be as intelligent as I think they are. 612 00:53:50,459 --> 00:53:54,389 That woman, irrespective of her race... 613 00:53:54,424 --> 00:53:59,425 was made first for her own happiness, with the absolute right to herself... 614 00:53:59,460 --> 00:54:01,391 to all opportunities life affords. 615 00:54:01,426 --> 00:54:03,926 Women should be patient, and continue to work... 616 00:54:03,961 --> 00:54:06,426 in the admirable way they have worked in the past... 617 00:54:06,461 --> 00:54:21,446 campaigning for suffrage state by state. 618 00:54:21,481 --> 00:54:36,431 We ask of our rulers no special favors... 619 00:54:36,466 --> 00:54:38,949 no special privileges... 620 00:54:38,984 --> 00:54:41,397 no special legislation. 621 00:54:41,432 --> 00:54:45,933 I am very glad to make my position about the suffrage plank clear to you. 622 00:54:45,968 --> 00:54:50,399 My private thoughts aside, I'm not at liberty to urge upon Congress... 623 00:54:50,434 --> 00:54:54,434 policies which are not supported by the party for whom I am a spokesperson. 624 00:54:54,469 --> 00:54:57,452 We ask justice. 625 00:54:57,487 --> 00:54:59,461 We ask equality. 626 00:54:59,496 --> 00:55:05,401 We ask that all... 627 00:55:05,436 --> 00:55:08,402 the civil and political rights... 628 00:55:08,437 --> 00:55:12,437 that belong to citizens of the United States... 629 00:55:12,472 --> 00:55:17,455 be guaranteed to us... 630 00:55:17,490 --> 00:55:22,439 and our daughters... 631 00:55:22,474 --> 00:55:50,961 forever. 632 00:55:50,996 --> 00:56:19,413 What? 633 00:56:19,448 --> 00:56:22,449 What, Lucy? 634 00:56:22,484 --> 00:56:25,466 Inez... 635 00:56:25,501 --> 00:56:28,415 collapsed. 636 00:56:28,450 --> 00:56:54,454 And they took her to the hospital. 637 00:56:54,489 --> 00:57:20,458 But she's all right, isn't she? 638 00:57:20,493 --> 00:57:36,478 My dear Inez... 639 00:57:36,513 --> 00:57:52,429 My dearest Inez... 640 00:57:52,464 --> 00:57:56,429 How can death claim you? 641 00:57:56,464 --> 00:58:01,465 And I, remembering how the faces of many women... 642 00:58:01,500 --> 00:58:17,468 turned toward you with expectation. 643 00:58:17,503 --> 00:58:39,989 How can I find consolation? 644 00:58:40,024 --> 00:58:53,250 Lucy Burns called again. 645 00:58:53,285 --> 00:59:06,441 You are being ridiculous. 646 00:59:06,476 --> 00:59:15,477 She was a grown woman. She knew she had pernicious anemia. 647 00:59:15,512 --> 00:59:16,443 Stop blaming yourself. 648 00:59:16,478 --> 00:59:20,478 My coming home has nothing to do with Inez. 649 00:59:20,513 --> 00:59:24,444 Campaign's over, that's all. 650 00:59:24,479 --> 01:00:06,486 "You put your hand to the plow, you finish the row. " 651 01:00:06,521 --> 01:00:08,486 What are you doing up here? 652 01:00:08,521 --> 01:00:10,452 Canning fruit. 653 01:00:10,487 --> 01:00:12,487 What fruit? It's winter. 654 01:00:12,522 --> 01:00:16,453 Winter fruit. 655 01:00:16,488 --> 01:00:21,488 You needed a rest, okay, you had a rest. You feel bad about Inez, we all do. 656 01:00:21,523 --> 01:00:31,455 It's awful, but it's not over. 657 01:00:31,490 --> 01:00:38,456 Inez was tired. She asked me to replace her. 658 01:00:38,491 --> 01:00:42,457 Nobody ever made Inez Milholland do anything in her life. 659 01:00:42,492 --> 01:00:46,492 She couldn't say no to me. Don't you read the Ladies' Home Journal? 660 01:00:46,528 --> 01:00:50,493 "Alice Paul's relentless. 'Do it for suffrage, do it for suffrage. "' 661 01:00:50,528 --> 01:00:51,458 That's what we need to hear. 662 01:00:51,493 --> 01:00:53,494 - Get a parrot. - Don't use her as an excuse. 663 01:00:53,529 --> 01:01:04,460 She would hate that. 664 01:01:04,495 --> 01:01:27,464 She said, "Men plan, God laughs. " 665 01:01:27,499 --> 01:01:33,500 You ever wonder what we're doing, Lucy? 666 01:01:33,535 --> 01:01:39,501 'Cause it seems like he is laughing. 667 01:01:39,536 --> 01:01:43,467 And it's so unfair... 668 01:01:43,502 --> 01:01:45,502 that anyone should have to die in a fight... 669 01:01:45,537 --> 01:01:50,503 that shouldn't even be a fight. 670 01:01:50,538 --> 01:01:56,469 Especially her. 671 01:01:56,504 --> 01:02:04,470 Isn't it ridiculous? 672 01:02:04,505 --> 01:02:07,506 She's dead, and we're right where we started... 673 01:02:07,541 --> 01:02:15,507 which is nowhere at all. 674 01:02:15,542 --> 01:02:22,025 I'm lost, Lucy. 675 01:02:22,060 --> 01:02:27,785 We laughed, too. 676 01:02:27,820 --> 01:02:33,475 Remember? In London? 677 01:02:33,510 --> 01:02:40,511 That time that we hid in the coat closet so that we could interrupt Parliament... 678 01:02:40,546 --> 01:02:43,477 and you had to pee. 679 01:02:43,512 --> 01:02:46,477 And I said to you, I said: 680 01:02:46,512 --> 01:02:51,513 "Hey, here's some Lord's boot. Go ahead. " 681 01:02:51,548 --> 01:02:53,478 I thought to myself: 682 01:02:53,513 --> 01:03:00,515 "If she's game for that, that's it. We're gonna be friends for life. " 683 01:03:00,550 --> 01:03:02,480 We laughed. 684 01:03:02,515 --> 01:03:06,481 You know, we can still laugh. 685 01:03:06,516 --> 01:03:10,516 I don't see that there is any other way. That is what we do. 686 01:03:10,551 --> 01:03:21,518 We piss in the boot. We come out guns blazing, yeah. 687 01:03:21,553 --> 01:03:25,484 I wish Alice was here. 688 01:03:25,519 --> 01:03:29,519 My friend Alice, you can't say no to her. 689 01:03:29,554 --> 01:03:40,486 It's beautiful. 690 01:03:40,521 --> 01:03:43,487 Heads, we'll milk cows. 691 01:03:43,522 --> 01:04:43,497 Tails, we'll go and find Wilson's boots. 692 01:04:43,532 --> 01:04:47,532 Has there been any reaction from the President? 693 01:04:47,567 --> 01:05:26,504 Who knew about this? 694 01:05:26,539 --> 01:05:30,539 The National Woman's Party will station sentinels at the White House gate... 695 01:05:30,574 --> 01:05:32,505 from dawn until dusk every day... 696 01:05:32,540 --> 01:05:36,540 until the Constitution of the United States is amended... 697 01:05:36,575 --> 01:05:40,058 to ensure that every citizen, regardless of sex... 698 01:05:40,093 --> 01:05:43,542 - is entitled to vote for the man... - Or woman. 699 01:05:43,577 --> 01:05:46,559 ...or woman who occupies that House. 700 01:05:46,594 --> 01:05:49,543 Give that good boy an extra cookie. 701 01:05:49,578 --> 01:05:51,508 "Silent, silly, and offensive. 702 01:05:51,543 --> 01:05:53,543 "A man's mind would never dream of something... 703 01:05:53,578 --> 01:05:55,509 "at once so petty and so monstrous. " 704 01:05:55,544 --> 01:05:57,509 Listen. "The demonstration was denounced... 705 01:05:57,544 --> 01:06:00,544 "by President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association... 706 01:06:00,579 --> 01:06:04,562 "Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, who pointed out that the NWP... " 707 01:06:04,597 --> 01:06:08,546 which is us, "represents only 10% of the nation's suffragists. " 708 01:06:08,581 --> 01:06:11,546 Is that true? Did she make that up? I think she might have. 709 01:06:11,581 --> 01:06:12,511 What're you doing? 710 01:06:12,546 --> 01:06:16,547 I'm heating bricks for the girls to stand on. It's freezing out there. 711 01:06:16,582 --> 01:06:18,512 Give them double coats. 712 01:06:18,547 --> 01:06:22,548 Check to see who can donate coats, gloves, sweaters, scarves. Try Mrs. Belmont. 713 01:06:22,583 --> 01:06:26,549 "The President smiled and waved to the ladies as his automobile swept in. " 714 01:06:26,584 --> 01:06:28,514 Phony baloney. 715 01:06:28,549 --> 01:06:32,550 "Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lane announce the marriage of their daughter Susan... 716 01:06:32,585 --> 01:06:36,067 "to Roland Ashmore. " 717 01:06:36,102 --> 01:06:39,516 Just trying to mix it up. 718 01:06:39,551 --> 01:06:43,551 "Captain of British steamer made prisoner by German U-boat. " 719 01:06:43,586 --> 01:07:07,555 "German submarines sink five more ships. " 720 01:07:07,590 --> 01:07:12,521 They're within their legal rights. 721 01:07:12,556 --> 01:07:41,561 They'll get tired of the cold. It won't last. 722 01:07:41,596 --> 01:07:44,527 How about they're trespassing? 723 01:07:44,562 --> 01:07:51,563 - On public property? - Oh, yeah... 724 01:07:51,598 --> 01:07:54,528 "The avenue is misty gray 725 01:07:54,563 --> 01:07:58,564 "And here beside the guarded gate 726 01:07:58,599 --> 01:08:02,565 "We hold our golden, blowing flags 727 01:08:02,600 --> 01:08:18,532 "And wait. " 728 01:08:18,567 --> 01:08:33,535 Could you hold this, please? Thanks. 729 01:08:33,570 --> 01:08:37,570 Senator Myers drafted a bill that would outlaw treasonous banners. 730 01:08:37,605 --> 01:08:43,571 Those banners quote the President. 731 01:08:43,606 --> 01:08:55,538 You're a brave girl. 732 01:08:55,573 --> 01:09:01,074 This continued picketing by the National Woman's Party... 733 01:09:01,109 --> 01:09:06,575 is the single greatest obstacle to the suffrage amendment. 734 01:09:06,610 --> 01:09:08,540 We do not support it... 735 01:09:08,575 --> 01:09:13,541 and we have made that clear to the President. 736 01:09:13,576 --> 01:09:16,577 The Michigan suffrage committee is here to pick up their bus. 737 01:09:16,612 --> 01:09:17,542 - Can we put them- - Ask Mrs. Lewis. 738 01:09:17,577 --> 01:09:20,577 - Upstairs bathroom toilet's not working. - Ask Mabel. 739 01:09:20,612 --> 01:09:23,578 - Can I have dinner with Ben Weissman? - Ask your mother. 740 01:09:23,613 --> 01:09:25,578 Don't want to offend you. You're not seeing him? 741 01:09:25,613 --> 01:09:39,581 - No. - That's what I told Lucy, but- 742 01:09:39,616 --> 01:09:43,581 Heard you gave away your beau. 743 01:09:43,616 --> 01:09:45,547 Beau? 744 01:09:45,582 --> 01:09:47,547 Pardon my French. 745 01:09:47,582 --> 01:09:52,548 If you mean Weissman, he's not, and I didn't. 746 01:09:52,583 --> 01:09:58,584 He only asked Doris out because you never say yes. 747 01:09:58,619 --> 01:10:00,584 Don't you want to get married, Alice? 748 01:10:00,619 --> 01:10:02,549 I'm busy that day. 749 01:10:02,584 --> 01:10:05,585 All the men I meet are idiots. 750 01:10:05,620 --> 01:10:08,550 Or terrified of me. 751 01:10:08,585 --> 01:10:12,086 But if I met someone like Weissman... 752 01:10:12,121 --> 01:10:15,586 I would latch onto him like a mollusk. 753 01:10:15,621 --> 01:10:19,552 It wouldn't be fair. 754 01:10:19,587 --> 01:10:24,588 To him or Michael. A little boy needs a mother. 755 01:10:24,623 --> 01:10:27,553 My whole heart's in this fight. 756 01:10:27,588 --> 01:10:30,589 There's nothing to spare, not if I mean to win. 757 01:10:30,624 --> 01:10:37,590 You underestimate your heart. 758 01:10:37,625 --> 01:10:44,556 When you're alone... 759 01:10:44,591 --> 01:10:49,557 you can make any choice you want. 760 01:10:49,592 --> 01:10:54,593 But when someone loves you, you lose that right. 761 01:10:54,628 --> 01:10:59,594 I won't give anything away until we have it all. 762 01:10:59,629 --> 01:11:10,561 I can't. 763 01:11:10,596 --> 01:11:16,597 Everything's a trade-off, isn't it? 764 01:11:16,632 --> 01:11:23,115 Seems to be. 765 01:11:23,150 --> 01:11:29,564 Tom, I need... 766 01:11:29,599 --> 01:11:43,101 I need to tell you... 767 01:11:43,136 --> 01:11:56,568 I want to tell you... 768 01:11:56,603 --> 01:12:05,570 Tom, I have something to... 769 01:12:05,605 --> 01:12:10,605 Looks like we've had enough of Kaiser Wilhelm. 770 01:12:10,640 --> 01:12:25,608 The United States is declaring war. 771 01:12:25,643 --> 01:12:28,573 There are, and may be... 772 01:12:28,608 --> 01:12:33,574 many months of fiery sacrifice and trials ahead of us. 773 01:12:33,609 --> 01:12:37,610 It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war... 774 01:12:37,645 --> 01:12:41,576 "into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars. 775 01:12:41,611 --> 01:12:46,611 "We shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts. " 776 01:12:46,646 --> 01:12:49,577 "We shall fight for democracy... 777 01:12:49,612 --> 01:12:51,612 "for the right of those who submit to authority... 778 01:12:51,647 --> 01:12:54,578 "to have a voice in their own governments. " 779 01:12:54,613 --> 01:12:57,613 - Wilson's going to fight for their rights? - He's not gonna fight. 780 01:12:57,648 --> 01:13:00,614 He's gonna send men to fight the Kaiser for him. 781 01:13:00,649 --> 01:13:02,579 He'll stay right here and tip his hat... 782 01:13:02,614 --> 01:13:05,114 to all the American women standing at his gate. 783 01:13:05,149 --> 01:13:07,882 There won't be any women standing at his gate. 784 01:13:07,917 --> 01:13:10,766 - What? - We can't picket a wartime president. 785 01:13:10,801 --> 01:13:13,616 - Why the hell not? - It's treason, that's why. 786 01:13:13,651 --> 01:13:14,581 Treason is betraying your country. 787 01:13:14,616 --> 01:13:18,617 Petitioning is not treason. At worst, it's just rude. 788 01:13:18,652 --> 01:13:22,582 Give it any name you want. The war changes everything. 789 01:13:22,617 --> 01:13:25,618 - This is not our war. - Women have husbands, women have sons. 790 01:13:25,653 --> 01:13:28,618 No one is gonna thank us if we all slink off to roll bandages. 791 01:13:28,653 --> 01:13:31,636 - It's not about being thanked. - This is my country... 792 01:13:31,671 --> 01:13:34,619 and if our soldiers need bandages, I'm rolling bandages. 793 01:13:34,654 --> 01:13:36,585 Roll them on the picket line. 794 01:13:36,620 --> 01:13:39,620 We regretted it when we dropped the cause during the Civil War. 795 01:13:39,655 --> 01:13:40,585 And what happened? 796 01:13:40,620 --> 01:13:44,621 Congress gave Negro men the vote and told women to wait their turn, right? 797 01:13:44,656 --> 01:13:47,586 And we're still waiting. 798 01:13:47,622 --> 01:13:49,622 Tell me to be there, and I will. 799 01:13:49,657 --> 01:13:54,588 Be there, right? 800 01:13:54,623 --> 01:13:59,588 Right? Alice, tell her. 801 01:13:59,623 --> 01:14:03,624 Inez said there was nothing more important than ending a war. 802 01:14:03,659 --> 01:14:16,591 Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. 803 01:14:16,626 --> 01:14:19,592 You wanna go put your ear to your desk? 804 01:14:19,627 --> 01:14:23,627 If we push Wilson now, there's gonna be consequences. 805 01:14:23,662 --> 01:14:25,593 For everyone. 806 01:14:25,628 --> 01:14:28,593 Land hard, roll left. 807 01:14:28,628 --> 01:14:32,629 "We shall fight for democracy. " He said it. 808 01:14:32,664 --> 01:14:36,147 He should have to eat it and choke. 809 01:14:36,182 --> 01:14:39,406 I'm not saying that we ignore the war. 810 01:14:39,441 --> 01:14:42,596 I'm saying that we saddle up and fight it. 811 01:14:42,631 --> 01:14:49,597 He can't fight for democracy abroad and deny it here at home. He can't. 812 01:14:49,632 --> 01:14:53,632 - No mothers on the picket line. - And no Alice Paul on the picket line, either. 813 01:14:53,667 --> 01:14:55,598 I can't ask women to risk it unless I risk it with them. 814 01:14:55,633 --> 01:14:59,633 - No one's on the line if I'm not. - I'll be there, don't argue with me. 815 01:14:59,668 --> 01:15:01,599 You're Mama duck. We follow you. 816 01:15:01,634 --> 01:15:04,634 If you go down, they'll scatter. Use your head. 817 01:15:04,669 --> 01:15:06,600 One of us on the line is enough. 818 01:15:06,635 --> 01:15:09,635 - I'll flip you for it. - No, it has to be me. 819 01:15:09,670 --> 01:15:23,637 I photograph better than you. 820 01:15:23,672 --> 01:15:26,603 I can't tell you... 821 01:15:26,638 --> 01:15:29,638 what's right and what's wrong. Not now. 822 01:15:29,673 --> 01:15:32,604 Not this time. 823 01:15:32,639 --> 01:15:36,640 I thought about what I would say to you. 824 01:15:36,675 --> 01:15:40,640 You've all worked so hard for so long... 825 01:15:40,675 --> 01:15:44,606 and I am grateful to all of you. 826 01:15:44,641 --> 01:15:48,641 No matter what you decide, no one will judge you. 827 01:15:48,676 --> 01:16:24,612 Certainly not me. 828 01:16:24,647 --> 01:16:27,613 - Oh, my gosh! - What is this? 829 01:16:27,648 --> 01:16:30,648 - You ladies, what are you thinking? - How dare you! 830 01:16:30,683 --> 01:16:32,614 Our country's at war! 831 01:16:32,649 --> 01:16:36,614 Shame on you! Shame on you all! 832 01:16:36,649 --> 01:16:39,615 Never thought they'd picket a wartime president. 833 01:16:39,650 --> 01:16:42,615 - Public opinion may put a stop to it. - And if it doesn't? 834 01:16:42,650 --> 01:16:47,651 The President needs your support! Maybe you should go to Germany! 835 01:16:47,686 --> 01:16:50,669 - Maybe you would be happier there! - Shame on all of you! 836 01:16:50,704 --> 01:16:53,652 Shame on every one of you. You should be home right now. 837 01:16:53,687 --> 01:16:55,653 He made you District Commissioner. 838 01:16:55,688 --> 01:16:57,618 He's Commander-in-Chief now. 839 01:16:57,653 --> 01:17:01,654 Commander-in-Chief doesn't get spanked by his mommy. 840 01:17:01,689 --> 01:17:13,673 Not with the whole world watching. 841 01:17:13,708 --> 01:17:25,623 - Ms. Alice Paul? - I'm Lucy Burns. 842 01:17:25,658 --> 01:17:28,623 I'm sorry, Miss, you're under arrest. All of you. 843 01:17:28,658 --> 01:17:32,659 What? We haven't done anything. What's the charge? I'm talking to you! 844 01:17:32,694 --> 01:17:57,628 What is it? What's the charge? 845 01:17:57,663 --> 01:17:59,663 They've been arrested. Contact their families. 846 01:17:59,698 --> 01:18:09,630 Mabel, go to the station, then call me. 847 01:18:09,665 --> 01:18:13,665 If we wanna hold them, we gotta charge them with something. 848 01:18:13,700 --> 01:18:21,184 - What? - Obstructing traffic. 849 01:18:21,219 --> 01:18:28,633 These arrests are purely political. 850 01:18:28,668 --> 01:18:32,634 The charge of obstructing traffic is political subterfuge. 851 01:18:32,669 --> 01:18:37,669 We know, and I believe the court knows, that President Wilson, his administration... 852 01:18:37,704 --> 01:18:39,670 are responsible for our being here today. 853 01:18:39,705 --> 01:18:42,635 We are not guilty of any offense. 854 01:18:42,670 --> 01:18:48,671 I will continue to plead for the political liberty of American women. 855 01:18:48,706 --> 01:18:52,689 - Where 16 of us... - Where 10 of us... 856 01:18:52,724 --> 01:18:56,673 Where 12 of us, face your judgment today... 857 01:18:56,708 --> 01:18:59,638 There will be 60 tomorrow. 858 01:18:59,673 --> 01:19:05,174 I find these defendants guilty as charged of obstructing traffic... 859 01:19:05,209 --> 01:19:10,675 in violation of the police regulations and the Act of Congress. 860 01:19:10,710 --> 01:19:13,675 $10 each, or 60 days in the Occoquan workhouse. 861 01:19:13,710 --> 01:19:20,641 That's not enough! 862 01:19:20,677 --> 01:19:22,677 To pay the fine would be admitting guilt. 863 01:19:22,712 --> 01:19:25,677 We haven't broken the law. 864 01:19:25,712 --> 01:19:29,643 Not $1. 865 01:19:29,678 --> 01:19:31,678 60 days in Occoquan. 866 01:19:31,713 --> 01:19:32,643 What? 867 01:19:32,678 --> 01:19:40,645 You can't do that! 868 01:19:40,680 --> 01:19:42,645 Should we ask for presidential pardon? 869 01:19:42,680 --> 01:19:45,181 Nothing to be pardoned for. They're false charges. 870 01:19:45,216 --> 01:19:47,681 "American citizens were arrested on a bogus charge... 871 01:19:47,716 --> 01:19:49,646 "while exercising their constitutional right. " 872 01:19:49,681 --> 01:19:52,647 Get them out and appeal. 60 days for obstructing traffic? 873 01:19:52,682 --> 01:19:55,682 It must be the District Commissioner. The President appoints him. 874 01:19:55,717 --> 01:19:58,683 - Are we picketing tomorrow? - Yes, no mothers. 875 01:19:58,718 --> 01:19:59,648 Hold on. 876 01:19:59,683 --> 01:20:01,648 - Is that The Times? - Yeah. 877 01:20:01,683 --> 01:20:04,684 Don't bury this. What's your name? 878 01:20:04,719 --> 01:20:06,649 Hold on. 879 01:20:06,684 --> 01:20:09,685 Find a marshal and file a writ... 880 01:20:09,720 --> 01:20:14,685 Just get them out. 881 01:20:14,720 --> 01:20:17,651 What? No. 882 01:20:17,686 --> 01:20:21,687 O- C-C-O-Q-U-A-N. It's a workhouse in Virginia. 883 01:20:21,722 --> 01:20:33,689 Matthew O'Brien. He'll take the case. 884 01:20:33,724 --> 01:20:35,689 - All right, men. - Let's go. 885 01:20:35,724 --> 01:20:39,690 - Load up. - Yes, sir. 886 01:20:39,725 --> 01:21:00,658 Get on board. 887 01:21:00,693 --> 01:21:03,694 We're political prisoners. We wear our own clothes. 888 01:21:03,729 --> 01:21:06,694 You'll wear what they all wear. 889 01:21:06,729 --> 01:21:25,214 I want to see the warden. 890 01:21:25,249 --> 01:21:43,665 You want to see him naked? 891 01:21:43,700 --> 01:21:46,701 We haven't eaten, we've been sitting here for hours. 892 01:21:46,736 --> 01:21:49,666 - We need food. - You'll eat when it's time to eat. 893 01:21:49,701 --> 01:21:53,702 You'll bed down when it's time to bed down. Now you bed down. Matron! 894 01:21:53,737 --> 01:21:56,702 We are not guilty of any crime. We're political prisoners. 895 01:21:56,737 --> 01:21:58,668 I want these women fed... 896 01:21:58,703 --> 01:22:00,703 and given pen and paper to write to their families. 897 01:22:00,738 --> 01:22:04,704 And we want our own clothes back now! 898 01:22:04,739 --> 01:22:08,669 Now you bed down. 899 01:22:08,704 --> 01:22:19,706 What are you doing? You're hurting me! 900 01:22:19,741 --> 01:22:33,673 Easy does it. 901 01:22:33,708 --> 01:22:36,674 Mrs. Lewis, Doris! 902 01:22:36,709 --> 01:22:43,710 Stevens, is anybody hurt? 903 01:22:43,745 --> 01:22:55,677 Ruza, are you there? 904 01:22:55,712 --> 01:22:59,713 - No talking. - Calm down. 905 01:22:59,748 --> 01:23:05,679 Lock it down. 906 01:23:05,714 --> 01:23:09,714 If she opens her mouth again, put a buckle gag on her. 907 01:23:09,749 --> 01:24:06,724 - Yes, sir. - Any of them. 908 01:24:06,759 --> 01:24:08,689 Where are the girls? 909 01:24:08,724 --> 01:24:15,725 I had Mrs. Quinn take them to my mother's to free you up. 910 01:24:15,760 --> 01:24:22,726 I know how busy you are with all your suffrage activities. 911 01:24:22,761 --> 01:24:27,727 People saw you and Jenny at the suffrage trial. 912 01:24:27,762 --> 01:24:30,693 I don't know what kind of mother... 913 01:24:30,728 --> 01:24:33,728 takes an 11-year-old to a district courthouse. 914 01:24:33,763 --> 01:24:38,694 Did you give her a look at the jail, too? 915 01:24:38,729 --> 01:24:45,230 - I'll go and get them after breakfast. - No, you won't. You leave them be. 916 01:24:45,265 --> 01:24:51,731 I don't know a judge in this district who would give you custody right now. 917 01:24:51,766 --> 01:24:54,732 You won't take my children. 918 01:24:54,767 --> 01:24:56,697 How will you stop me? 919 01:24:56,732 --> 01:25:00,733 Can you afford an attorney? 920 01:25:00,768 --> 01:25:03,698 An attorney? 921 01:25:03,733 --> 01:25:06,699 To prove what, that I'm their mother? 922 01:25:06,734 --> 01:25:10,734 And what will your judge say? That this is your house? 923 01:25:10,769 --> 01:25:13,700 Your house and your children? 924 01:25:13,735 --> 01:25:18,736 What am I to you, Tom? What am I then in your house? Chattel? 925 01:25:18,771 --> 01:25:21,736 This is how you punish me? I'm their mother! 926 01:25:21,771 --> 01:25:31,755 They are not your children to take! 927 01:25:31,790 --> 01:25:41,704 - I can't find my hat. - Which hat? 928 01:25:41,739 --> 01:25:45,740 - What do you mean, which hat? My hat. - Where were you when you took it off? 929 01:25:45,775 --> 01:25:57,742 Jesus Christ, Mabel. If I'd remember, I'd know where it was. 930 01:25:57,777 --> 01:25:58,707 Have we heard from O'Brien? 931 01:25:58,742 --> 01:26:03,708 He filed the writ. He's meeting with the judge. He'll call us back. 932 01:26:03,743 --> 01:26:07,744 The Home Defense League revoked Maude Younger's permit to speak in Nashville. 933 01:26:07,779 --> 01:26:11,744 According to Senator Walsh, we're called "the iron jawed angels. " 934 01:26:11,779 --> 01:26:14,710 Is that supposed to be an insult? 935 01:26:14,745 --> 01:26:17,710 And Carrie Catt told The New York Times... 936 01:26:17,745 --> 01:26:51,751 that we were no better than anarchists and draft dodgers. 937 01:26:51,786 --> 01:26:55,752 We drew straws to see who'd bring you dinner. 938 01:26:55,787 --> 01:27:15,720 I lost. 939 01:27:15,755 --> 01:27:27,757 - I'm not hungry. You can have it. - Thanks. 940 01:27:27,792 --> 01:27:36,723 How can you eat with Doris in jail? 941 01:27:36,758 --> 01:27:40,759 I can't find a photographer to show up at the West Gate tomorrow. 942 01:27:40,794 --> 01:27:43,777 Call The Post. Talk to the news editor. 943 01:27:43,812 --> 01:27:46,725 He said 326 Americans died at a ridge. 944 01:27:46,760 --> 01:27:51,761 He said I wasn't holding any cards and I should know when to fold. 945 01:27:51,796 --> 01:27:55,727 He doesn't know about the ace up your sleeve. 946 01:27:55,762 --> 01:28:00,762 You couldn't fold if your life depended on it. You don't know how. 947 01:28:00,797 --> 01:28:04,728 Don't take that as a compliment. 948 01:28:04,763 --> 01:28:07,729 Doris is having the time of her life. 949 01:28:07,764 --> 01:28:16,730 Don't worry. She'll write a book about it. 950 01:28:16,765 --> 01:28:48,735 I changed my mind about the hat. It suits you. 951 01:28:48,770 --> 01:28:53,771 Mabel, how many volunteers do we have for tomorrow's picket line? 952 01:28:53,806 --> 01:28:54,736 I have to check my list. 953 01:28:54,771 --> 01:28:58,737 - Okay, add my name. - No, I won't. 954 01:28:58,772 --> 01:29:01,772 They'll lock you up, and it won't be for a lousy 60 days, either. 955 01:29:01,807 --> 01:29:03,738 We need you out here. 956 01:29:03,773 --> 01:29:07,773 Besides, I promised Lucy I wouldn't until we were up a creek, dead in the water. 957 01:29:07,808 --> 01:29:13,739 Mabel, add my name. 958 01:29:13,774 --> 01:29:16,275 "I believe the might of America... 959 01:29:16,310 --> 01:29:18,775 "is the sincere love of its people... 960 01:29:18,810 --> 01:29:22,776 "for the freedom of mankind. " 961 01:29:22,811 --> 01:29:26,294 Woodrow Wilson... 962 01:29:26,329 --> 01:29:29,742 March 6, 1915. 963 01:29:29,777 --> 01:29:31,742 "We've forgotten the history of our country... 964 01:29:31,777 --> 01:29:35,778 "if we have forgotten how to agitate when it is necessary. " 965 01:29:35,813 --> 01:29:43,744 Woodrow Wilson, September 8, 1916. 966 01:29:43,779 --> 01:29:47,780 "Liberty is a fierce and intractable thing... 967 01:29:47,815 --> 01:29:53,798 "to which no bounds ought to be set. " 968 01:29:53,833 --> 01:29:59,782 Woodrow Wilson, a message to Congress. 969 01:29:59,817 --> 01:30:01,747 "There is nothing in liberty... 970 01:30:01,782 --> 01:30:08,784 "unless it is translated into definite action. " 971 01:30:08,819 --> 01:31:01,757 July 4, 1914, Woodrow Wilson. 972 01:31:01,792 --> 01:31:04,758 I don't wish to make any plea before this court. 973 01:31:04,793 --> 01:31:08,793 I have nothing to do with the making of the laws which have put me in this position. 974 01:31:08,828 --> 01:31:11,811 I am not here because I obstructed traffic... 975 01:31:11,846 --> 01:31:14,794 but because I pointed out to President Wilson... 976 01:31:14,829 --> 01:31:17,795 that he is obstructing democracy. 977 01:31:17,830 --> 01:31:19,760 Refused? 978 01:31:19,795 --> 01:31:21,761 What do you mean? 979 01:31:21,796 --> 01:31:25,761 Mrs. Leighton made it very clear I wasn't her attorney. 980 01:31:25,796 --> 01:31:29,797 She instructed the court not to accept bail or fees on her behalf. 981 01:31:29,832 --> 01:31:32,762 And she gave a statement to a reporter. 982 01:31:32,797 --> 01:31:53,801 She said that, in prison or out, American women are not free. 983 01:31:53,836 --> 01:32:02,767 No talking. 984 01:32:02,802 --> 01:32:06,803 It's warm in here. Can we open a window? 985 01:32:06,838 --> 01:32:09,769 Get to work. 986 01:32:09,804 --> 01:32:12,769 Can't you see she looks faint? 987 01:32:12,804 --> 01:32:19,770 I'm only asking that you open a window. 988 01:32:19,805 --> 01:32:34,808 Matron, my needle broke. May I have another? 989 01:32:34,843 --> 01:32:38,325 That's better, isn't it? 990 01:32:38,360 --> 01:32:41,809 Put her in solitary. 991 01:32:41,844 --> 01:32:43,774 You... 992 01:32:43,809 --> 01:33:20,780 clean that up. 993 01:33:20,815 --> 01:33:23,781 I'll have to report this to the warden. 994 01:33:23,816 --> 01:33:49,820 I'm entitled to clean water and an empty slop bucket. 995 01:33:49,855 --> 01:33:51,785 I'm a lawyer, not a magician, Miss Vernon. 996 01:33:51,820 --> 01:33:54,821 If Whitaker says no one in solitary can see counsel... 997 01:33:54,856 --> 01:33:55,786 no one sees counsel. 998 01:33:55,821 --> 01:34:00,822 It's a new prison. He has the run of the place until their paperwork's in order. 999 01:34:00,857 --> 01:34:08,340 I need a judge who's not on a string. 1000 01:34:08,375 --> 01:34:15,824 We can't have a martyr on our hands. 1001 01:34:15,859 --> 01:34:19,342 Get on your feet! 1002 01:34:19,377 --> 01:34:22,825 What are you doing? 1003 01:34:22,861 --> 01:34:36,793 Okay. 1004 01:34:36,828 --> 01:34:39,793 I'm Dr. White, Alice. 1005 01:34:39,828 --> 01:34:46,829 The District Commissioner asked me to speak with you. 1006 01:34:46,864 --> 01:34:49,847 Do you know where you are? 1007 01:34:49,882 --> 01:34:52,830 District prison hospital. 1008 01:34:52,865 --> 01:34:55,348 The mental ward. 1009 01:34:55,383 --> 01:34:58,107 You refuse to eat. 1010 01:34:58,142 --> 01:35:00,797 Can you tell me why? 1011 01:35:00,832 --> 01:35:04,797 The hunger strike was a tradition in old Ireland. 1012 01:35:04,832 --> 01:35:10,833 You starve yourself on someone's doorstep until restitution is made... 1013 01:35:10,868 --> 01:35:12,799 and justice is done. 1014 01:35:12,834 --> 01:35:15,834 It doesn't sound like a very effective method. 1015 01:35:15,869 --> 01:35:18,835 A stinking corpse on your doorstep? 1016 01:35:18,870 --> 01:35:20,800 What will the neighbors say? 1017 01:35:20,835 --> 01:35:24,836 So you stand on the President's doorstep. 1018 01:35:24,871 --> 01:35:27,853 He's treated you very badly, hasn't he? 1019 01:35:27,888 --> 01:35:30,802 It's the law that treats women badly. 1020 01:35:30,837 --> 01:35:40,838 But you picket President Wilson. He's the one who put you here. 1021 01:35:40,873 --> 01:35:43,856 We picket the office of the presidency. 1022 01:35:43,891 --> 01:35:46,804 It has nothing to do with Mr. Wilson... 1023 01:35:46,839 --> 01:35:51,340 and everything to do with the position he holds. 1024 01:35:51,375 --> 01:35:55,806 But he's responsible for your treatment here. 1025 01:35:55,841 --> 01:36:01,842 I believe I was sent here by a district commissioner. 1026 01:36:01,877 --> 01:36:09,843 You call yourself a suffragist. 1027 01:36:09,878 --> 01:36:14,809 Yes. 1028 01:36:14,844 --> 01:36:17,844 Tell me about your cause. 1029 01:36:17,879 --> 01:36:22,362 Just talk freely. 1030 01:36:22,397 --> 01:36:26,811 Explain yourself. 1031 01:36:26,846 --> 01:36:31,847 Do you understand the question? 1032 01:36:31,882 --> 01:36:36,813 You asked me to explain myself. 1033 01:36:36,848 --> 01:36:40,848 I just wonder what needs to be explained. 1034 01:36:40,883 --> 01:36:46,866 It should be very clear. 1035 01:36:46,901 --> 01:36:52,815 Look into your own heart. 1036 01:36:52,850 --> 01:37:00,817 I swear to you, mine's no different. 1037 01:37:00,852 --> 01:37:02,852 You want a place in the trades and professions... 1038 01:37:02,887 --> 01:37:05,852 where you can earn your bread. 1039 01:37:05,887 --> 01:37:08,818 So do I. 1040 01:37:08,853 --> 01:37:12,819 You want some means of self-expression... 1041 01:37:12,854 --> 01:37:17,854 some way of satisfying your own personal ambitions. 1042 01:37:17,889 --> 01:37:20,820 So do I. 1043 01:37:20,855 --> 01:37:26,856 You want a voice in the government under which you live. 1044 01:37:26,891 --> 01:37:30,822 So do I. 1045 01:37:30,857 --> 01:37:54,826 What is there to explain? 1046 01:37:54,861 --> 01:38:00,826 She shows no signs of persecution mania or delusion. 1047 01:38:00,862 --> 01:38:04,862 I concur with Dr. Hickling. There is no medical basis for a diagnosis. 1048 01:38:04,897 --> 01:38:07,863 You don't feel she needs to be permanently hospitalized? 1049 01:38:07,898 --> 01:38:09,828 For her own safety. She's suicidal. 1050 01:38:09,863 --> 01:38:12,828 You said so in your report. The prison doctor said so. 1051 01:38:12,863 --> 01:38:17,864 I said she was prepared to starve to death in order to further her cause. 1052 01:38:17,899 --> 01:38:21,865 Okay, I'm not a doc, but that sure sounds unhealthy to me. 1053 01:38:21,900 --> 01:38:24,865 "Give me liberty, or give me death. " 1054 01:38:24,900 --> 01:38:26,866 Patrick Henry, an American hero. 1055 01:38:26,901 --> 01:38:28,883 Apples and oranges. 1056 01:38:28,918 --> 01:38:30,831 In oranges and women... 1057 01:38:30,866 --> 01:39:04,872 courage is often mistaken for insanity. 1058 01:39:04,907 --> 01:39:24,392 Eyes front! 1059 01:39:24,427 --> 01:39:36,153 Hunger strike? 1060 01:39:36,188 --> 01:39:43,533 I was standing 1061 01:39:43,568 --> 01:39:50,845 By my window 1062 01:39:50,880 --> 01:39:56,881 On a cold and cloudy day 1063 01:39:56,916 --> 01:39:58,846 Quiet! 1064 01:39:58,881 --> 01:40:02,382 When I saw that 1065 01:40:02,417 --> 01:40:05,847 Hearse come rolling 1066 01:40:05,882 --> 01:40:13,883 For to carry my mother away 1067 01:40:13,918 --> 01:40:14,884 Will the circle 1068 01:40:14,919 --> 01:40:16,849 Quiet! 1069 01:40:16,884 --> 01:40:19,849 Be unbroken 1070 01:40:19,884 --> 01:40:20,850 Get her out of here. 1071 01:40:20,885 --> 01:40:27,851 By and by, Lord, by and by 1072 01:40:27,886 --> 01:40:34,887 There's a better home a-waiting 1073 01:40:34,922 --> 01:40:41,905 In the sky, Lord, in the sky 1074 01:40:41,940 --> 01:40:48,915 Lord, I told that undertaker 1075 01:40:48,950 --> 01:40:55,920 "Undertaker, please drive slow 1076 01:40:55,955 --> 01:41:02,924 "For that body you are hauling 1077 01:41:02,959 --> 01:41:09,893 "Lord, I hate to see her go" 1078 01:41:09,928 --> 01:41:13,410 Will the circle 1079 01:41:13,445 --> 01:41:16,859 Be unbroken 1080 01:41:16,894 --> 01:41:23,860 By and by, Lord, by and by 1081 01:41:23,895 --> 01:41:30,896 There's a better home a-waiting 1082 01:41:30,931 --> 01:41:37,897 In the sky, Lord, in the sky 1083 01:41:37,932 --> 01:41:41,415 I will follow 1084 01:41:41,450 --> 01:41:44,863 Close behind her 1085 01:41:44,899 --> 01:41:51,900 Try to hold up and be brave 1086 01:41:51,935 --> 01:41:55,417 But I could not 1087 01:41:55,452 --> 01:41:58,866 Hide my sorrow 1088 01:41:58,901 --> 01:42:05,902 When they laid her in the grave 1089 01:42:05,937 --> 01:42:09,420 Will the circle 1090 01:42:09,455 --> 01:42:12,868 Be unbroken 1091 01:42:12,903 --> 01:42:18,869 By and by, Lord, by and by 1092 01:42:18,904 --> 01:42:26,905 There's a better home a-waiting 1093 01:42:26,940 --> 01:42:34,872 In the sky, Lord, in the sky 1094 01:42:34,907 --> 01:42:37,907 Where is she? Tell me where she is. 1095 01:42:37,942 --> 01:42:44,873 Tell me! 1096 01:42:44,908 --> 01:42:46,909 If you do anything to hurt that girl... 1097 01:42:46,944 --> 01:44:03,938 You do anything... 1098 01:44:03,973 --> 01:45:20,899 Mrs. Leighton! 1099 01:45:20,934 --> 01:45:23,900 Sit here, Mrs. Leighton. 1100 01:45:23,935 --> 01:45:31,936 Senator, you need to stay where you are. 1101 01:45:31,971 --> 01:45:39,902 She's ill. 1102 01:45:39,937 --> 01:45:41,903 Has she seen a doctor? 1103 01:45:41,938 --> 01:45:45,938 She's not ill, sir. She refuses to eat. 1104 01:45:45,973 --> 01:45:50,904 Maybe you can persuade her. 1105 01:45:50,939 --> 01:45:52,904 I'd like to be alone with my wife. 1106 01:45:52,939 --> 01:45:55,940 Only monitored visits. Those are the rules. 1107 01:45:55,975 --> 01:46:10,959 Sorry, no exceptions. 1108 01:46:10,994 --> 01:46:25,910 How are the girls? 1109 01:46:25,945 --> 01:46:33,946 - I want you to come home. - No physical contact with the prisoner. 1110 01:46:33,981 --> 01:46:37,464 I'll speak to President Wilson. 1111 01:46:37,499 --> 01:46:40,947 - He can issue a pardon. - For what? 1112 01:46:40,982 --> 01:46:48,466 I haven't broken any laws. 1113 01:46:48,501 --> 01:46:55,915 The girls keep asking for you. 1114 01:46:55,950 --> 01:47:01,951 If Rebecca can't sleep, just sit beside her and pat her head. 1115 01:47:01,986 --> 01:47:10,917 Sometimes I do that. 1116 01:47:10,952 --> 01:47:24,955 They are the only reason I am here. 1117 01:47:24,990 --> 01:47:28,972 I'm sorry. 1118 01:47:29,007 --> 01:47:32,921 I know. 1119 01:47:32,956 --> 01:47:48,924 That's all the time we have. 1120 01:47:48,959 --> 01:47:52,924 - New York has voted to enfranchise women. - Carrie- 1121 01:47:52,959 --> 01:47:55,960 I've never pressed you for a federal amendment, Mr. President. 1122 01:47:55,995 --> 01:47:59,477 New York. That's 232 presidential electors. 1123 01:47:59,512 --> 01:48:02,926 - We're at war. - Then call it a war measure. 1124 01:48:02,961 --> 01:48:06,962 - Congress will never pass it. - If you support it, they will. 1125 01:48:06,997 --> 01:48:08,927 I'm sorry. 1126 01:48:08,962 --> 01:48:11,962 You've been very patient, I know. 1127 01:48:11,997 --> 01:48:39,932 Be patient a little longer. 1128 01:48:39,967 --> 01:48:44,468 I was put in a straitjacket and taken to the psychopathic ward. 1129 01:48:44,503 --> 01:48:48,969 I could not see my family or friends. Counsel was denied me. 1130 01:48:49,004 --> 01:48:53,969 I saw no other prisoners and heard nothing of them. 1131 01:48:54,004 --> 01:48:55,935 I could see no papers. 1132 01:48:55,970 --> 01:48:58,970 Today I was force-fed for the third time. 1133 01:48:59,005 --> 01:49:00,936 I refused to open my mouth. 1134 01:49:00,971 --> 01:49:05,971 My left nostril, throat, and muscles of my neck are very sore. 1135 01:49:06,006 --> 01:49:14,990 I vomit continuously during the process. 1136 01:49:15,025 --> 01:49:23,939 These women are not political prisoners. 1137 01:49:23,974 --> 01:49:26,975 Are you saying force-feeding is a medical procedure? 1138 01:49:27,010 --> 01:49:31,993 Why can't these women see their lawyers? 1139 01:49:32,028 --> 01:49:36,941 We have no such thing in this country. 1140 01:49:36,976 --> 01:49:40,477 Are there doctors present for this procedure? 1141 01:49:40,512 --> 01:49:43,978 The President has ordered many investigations. 1142 01:49:44,013 --> 01:49:58,997 And no abuse has been disclosed. 1143 01:49:59,032 --> 01:50:13,948 Who ordered the force-feeding? 1144 01:50:13,983 --> 01:50:17,983 Let's not waste time with pleasantries. I'll be blunt, may I? 1145 01:50:18,018 --> 01:50:19,949 The foreign press will pick this up. 1146 01:50:19,984 --> 01:50:22,984 Tell the President that he can look like a damned fool... 1147 01:50:23,019 --> 01:50:23,984 or he can deal me in. 1148 01:50:24,019 --> 01:50:31,951 Now, sir. 1149 01:50:31,986 --> 01:50:35,986 This war could not have been fought by America... 1150 01:50:36,021 --> 01:50:44,988 if it had not been for the services of women. 1151 01:50:45,023 --> 01:50:58,955 You're being released. 1152 01:50:58,990 --> 01:51:03,991 We have made partners of the women in this war. 1153 01:51:04,026 --> 01:51:06,956 Let her be. 1154 01:51:06,991 --> 01:51:09,992 Shall we admit them only to a partnership... 1155 01:51:10,027 --> 01:51:13,957 of suffering, sacrifice, and toil... 1156 01:51:13,992 --> 01:51:19,958 and not a partnership of privilege and right? 1157 01:51:19,993 --> 01:51:24,994 I know the magic it will work in their thoughts and spirits... 1158 01:51:25,029 --> 01:51:26,995 if you give this thing to them. 1159 01:51:27,030 --> 01:51:31,960 That is mere justice. 1160 01:51:31,995 --> 01:51:33,961 We shall need their moral sense... 1161 01:51:33,996 --> 01:51:37,996 to preserve what is right and fine and worthy... 1162 01:51:38,031 --> 01:51:42,962 in our system of life. 1163 01:51:42,997 --> 01:51:47,998 Be assured, the voices of the radicals who agitate and disrupt... 1164 01:51:48,033 --> 01:51:50,999 have no influence here today. 1165 01:51:51,034 --> 01:51:55,964 Got him. 1166 01:51:55,999 --> 01:51:57,965 The task of woman... 1167 01:51:58,000 --> 01:52:01,965 lies at the very heart of the war. 1168 01:52:02,000 --> 01:52:05,001 And I know how much stronger that heart will beat... 1169 01:52:05,036 --> 01:52:07,966 if you do this just thing... 1170 01:52:08,001 --> 01:52:12,502 and show our women that you trust them... 1171 01:52:12,537 --> 01:52:15,770 as much as you, in fact, depend on them. 1172 01:52:15,805 --> 01:52:18,904 We shall deserve to be distrusted... 1173 01:52:18,939 --> 01:52:21,969 if we do not enfranchise them... 1174 01:52:22,004 --> 01:52:25,969 with the fullest possible enfranchisement... 1175 01:52:26,004 --> 01:52:29,005 as it is now certain the other great free nations... 1176 01:52:29,040 --> 01:52:33,971 will enfranchise them. 1177 01:52:34,006 --> 01:52:39,007 Have I said that the passage of this amendment... 1178 01:52:39,042 --> 01:52:44,007 is a vitally necessary war measure? 1179 01:52:44,042 --> 01:52:58,527 And do you need further proof? 1180 01:52:58,562 --> 01:53:12,977 Congress doesn't make it a law. 1181 01:53:13,012 --> 01:53:17,013 Thirty-six states have to agree, and then they put it in the Constitution. 1182 01:53:17,048 --> 01:53:19,978 We need one more state. 1183 01:53:20,013 --> 01:53:22,979 - Hold still, Francis. - I want a red rose. 1184 01:53:23,014 --> 01:53:29,015 No, you don't. Red is what the anti-suffragists wear. 1185 01:53:29,050 --> 01:53:31,980 We don't need any more stars. 1186 01:53:32,015 --> 01:53:36,016 I can cut as many as I want. Ms. Paul said I could. 1187 01:53:36,051 --> 01:53:36,981 Come on. 1188 01:53:37,016 --> 01:53:44,017 What? I can't hear. 1189 01:53:44,052 --> 01:53:50,983 They're going in now. 1190 01:53:51,018 --> 01:53:53,984 Ruza says we're short one vote. 1191 01:53:54,019 --> 01:54:02,020 We had Turner last night. This morning he was wearing red. 1192 01:54:02,055 --> 01:54:16,988 Five will get you ten they sent a whore to his room. 1193 01:54:17,023 --> 01:54:21,023 We'll move to New Zealand. Women have been voting there since 1893. 1194 01:54:21,058 --> 01:54:24,024 I don't want to raise sheep. 1195 01:54:24,059 --> 01:54:26,024 Russia's got the vote. 1196 01:54:26,059 --> 01:54:27,990 Long winters. 1197 01:54:28,025 --> 01:54:33,991 I'd rather shovel than shear. 1198 01:54:34,026 --> 01:54:40,027 So that's your plan, then? Expatriate sheep farmer? 1199 01:54:40,062 --> 01:54:41,992 Let's hear your plan. 1200 01:54:42,027 --> 01:54:49,028 I'm gonna pray that God is a woman. 1201 01:54:49,063 --> 01:54:53,046 - Mr. Gordon. - Nay. 1202 01:54:53,081 --> 01:54:57,055 - Mr. Wells. - Nay. 1203 01:54:57,090 --> 01:55:00,560 - Mr. Grayson. - Aye. 1204 01:55:00,595 --> 01:55:03,995 - Mr. Fleming. - Nay. 1205 01:55:04,030 --> 01:55:08,031 Telegram, sir. It's from your mother. 1206 01:55:08,066 --> 01:55:13,032 - Mr. Turner. - Nay. 1207 01:55:13,067 --> 01:55:26,551 Traitor! 1208 01:55:26,586 --> 01:55:40,036 Mr. Burns. 1209 01:55:40,071 --> 01:56:00,005 Aye. 1210 01:56:00,040 --> 01:56:42,012 You need to take your seats. Order! 1211 01:56:42,047 --> 01:56:47,047 We better go outside. There'll be reporters here in a minute. 1212 01:56:47,083 --> 01:56:50,065 How's my hair? 1213 01:56:50,100 --> 01:56:53,048 - Red. - Good.