I don't know a judge in this district that will give you custody right now. You won't...
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Senator Leighton: I don't know a judge in this district that will give you custody right now.
Emily Leighton: You won't take my children.
Senator Leighton: And how are you going to stop me? Can you afford an attorney?
Emily Leighton: An attorney? To prove what? That I'm their mother? What will *your* judge say? That this is *your* house and *your* children? What am I to you, Tom, in your house? Chattel? This is how you punish me? I am their mother! They are not your children to take!
Emily Leighton: You won't take my children.
Senator Leighton: And how are you going to stop me? Can you afford an attorney?
Emily Leighton: An attorney? To prove what? That I'm their mother? What will *your* judge say? That this is *your* house and *your* children? What am I to you, Tom, in your house? Chattel? This is how you punish me? I am their mother! They are not your children to take!
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l don't know a judge in this district who would give you custody right now
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You won't take my children
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How will you stop me
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Can you afford an attorney
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An attorney
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To prove what that l'm their mother
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And what will your judge say That this is your house
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Your house and your children
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What am l to you Tom What am l then in your house Chattel
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This is how you punish me l'm their mother
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They are not your children to take
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l can't find my hat Which hat
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What do you mean which hat My hat Where were you when you took it off
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Movie Summary
A little known, yet integral piece of American history: based on the lives of Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, two young radical women who were instrumental in getting women the right to vote in America.
