Iron Jawed Angels (TV Movie 2004) Poster

(2004 TV Movie)

Adilah Barnes: Ida Wells-Barnett

Quotes 

  • Ida Wells-Barnett : I'm told you expect Negro women to march in a separate unit. At the back.

    Alice Paul : Southern Suffrage groups threatened to withdraw...

    Ida Wells-Barnett : Are the ladies afraid we'll march out of step? Call their bluff.

    Alice Paul : We can't afford to lose their support. Not with the Democrats in office.

    Ida Wells-Barnett : Who's we? Women? Or just white women?

    Lucy Burns : Now wait a minute...

    Alice Paul : We have one agenda. Suffrage. Add another issue...

    Ida Wells-Barnett : If we don't stand up now, what happens to Negro women when you finally get the vote? They'll keep us out of the polling places any way they can.

    Alice Paul : Other colored groups have agreed to the compromise.

    Lucy Burns : Not perfect, but we've got to be practical.

    Ida Wells-Barnett : Dress up prejudice and call it politics? I expected more from a Quaker. I'll march with my peers, or not at all.

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