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    is about women and their fight for women’s ability to vote. In 1910, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns first met with radical suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst and Carrie Chapman Catt, to present their plan of pushing the women’s rights protest to Washington D.C. The plan was looked at as forceful by Catt, but allowed Paul and Burns to take over the National American of Women’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Paul and Burns organized a parade that took place on the same day as Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration.

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    was get women the right to vote. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were the two leaders of the NWP (National Woman's Party). The two women are an

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    filmed in the year 2004. The time that the movie is filmed around is the early 1900s; during the woman’s suffrage movement. There are two main characters introduced in the film; Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. During the woman’s suffrage Alice Paul and Lucy Burns led the National Women’s Party and was a Quaker. Lucy Burns played a significant role in helping Paul lead the National Women’s Party. Paul seduces a Washington Post editor to help her fight for the women’s suffrage movement; his name is Ben Weissman

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    Iron Jawed Angels is a drama genre film, directed by Katja Von Garnier. It portrays and accurately accounts the events that took place in the 1920's during the suffragist movement lead by Alice Paul. Paul works alongside her friend, Lucy Burns and many other activists in an attempt to gain the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Visual effects were used throughout the entirety of the film to emphasise the theme of despair, which features. These effects include the montage and close-up

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    Iron Jawed Angels While watching the movie Iron Jawed Angels produced by Akatja Von Garnier, I experienced many emotions. I felt that this movie was incredibly moving and eye-opening. Some of the obstacles faced by the women in the film that particularly stood out, I will discuss throughout my response paper. The main obstacle the women faced was not having the right to vote. This was something Alice Paul and the rest of the suffragists fought so strongly for throughout the entire film. Women fighting

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    Lucy Burns “I think it is one of the most fortunate things in my life that I have come in contact with this movement to win freedom for all the women of the United States” Burns Said,(Kilma). Burns said this statement because she was thankful that she could help women. Lucy really enjoyed helping with women's rights. Today women have equal rights as men to vote and be in government positions. I feel that the rights women have today are because of the hard work of Lucy Burns and the

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    Lucy Burns was an American suffragist and women's rights advocate. She was a passionate activist in the United States and in the United Kingdom. Burns was a close friend of Alice Paul, and together they ultimately formed the National Woman's Party. Early life and education Burns was born in New York to an Irish Catholic family. She was described by fellow National Woman's Party member Inez Haynes Irwin as "blue-eyed and fresh-complexioned; dimpled; and her head is burdened, even as Alice Paul's

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    Paul, Lucy Burns, and the Suffragist Movement Alice Paul and Lucy Burns were two of the key cornerstones of the American Suffragist Movement. Paul and Burns led to the creation of the 19th amendment that called for equal voting rights for men and women in the United States and the Alice Paul amendment that called for total equality between men and woman in the United States. The American Suffrage Movement took place in the 1900’s. During the American Suffragist Movement Alice Paul and Lucy Burns

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    I. Assessment: T.N. is a twenty year old male. He suffered a second degree burn on his hand while cooking dinner. He perceived the event to be very painful, but not that serious. Generally, he only goes to the doctor under extreme circumstances, which explains why he did not go to the doctor to assess his burn. He believes he is in control of his health, but acknowledges that his health is influenced by others. He usually does not continue treatment for the full recommended time because he does not

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    hospitals provide orthopedic specialization; three hospitals focus on burn care, and one hospital offers burn, spinal, and orthopedic care. The first hospital was opened in Shreveport Louisiana, in 1922 by Shriners International, a fraternal organization for men. The hospitals provide cutting edge care for a variety of condition, actively engage in research for cures to childhood diseases and improvement to orthopedic and burn treatments (Schumaker, 2005). Shriners Hospitals for Children has a

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