Iron Jawed Angels

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Iron Jawed Angels

"Votes for women."

2004

2h 5m

6.8(91 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

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10 featured cast members

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Hilary Swank

Alice Paul

Vera Farmiga

Ruza Wenclawska

Anjelica Huston

Carrie Chapman Catt

Molly Parker

Emily Leighton

Margo Martindale

Harriot Blatch

Frances O'Connor

Lucy Burns

Lois Smith

Reverend Anna Howard Shaw

Brooke Smith

Mabel Vernon

Adilah Barnes

Ida Wells-Barnett

Laura Fraser

Doris Stevens

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Directed by: Katja von Garnier

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