You refuse to eat. Can you tell me why? The hunger strike was a tradition in Old Ireland....
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Dr. White: You refuse to eat. Can you tell me why?
Alice Paul: The hunger strike was a tradition in Old Ireland. You starve yourself on someone's doorstep until restitution is made. And justice is done.
Dr. White: Doesn't sound like a very effective method.
Alice Paul: A stinking corpse on your doorstep? What will the neighbours say?
Dr. White: So you stand on the president's doorstep. He's treated you very badly, hasen't he?
Alice Paul: It's the law that treats women badly.
Dr. White: But you picketed President Wilson, he's the one that put you here.
Alice Paul: We picketed the office of the presidency. It has nothing to do with Mr Wilson and everything to do with the position he holds.
Dr. White: But he's responsible for your treatment here.
Alice Paul: I believe I was sent here by a district commissioner.
Dr. White: You call yourself a suffragist.
Alice Paul: Yes.
Dr. White: Tell me about your cause. Just talk freely. Explain yourself. Do you understand the question?
Alice Paul: You asked me to explain myself. I just wonder what needs to be explained. Let me be very clear. Look into your own heart. I swear to you, mine's no different. You want a place in the trades and professions where you can earn your bread? So do I. You want some means of self expression? Some way of satisfying your own personal ambitions? So do I. You want a voice in the government in which you live? So do I. What is there to explain?
Alice Paul: The hunger strike was a tradition in Old Ireland. You starve yourself on someone's doorstep until restitution is made. And justice is done.
Dr. White: Doesn't sound like a very effective method.
Alice Paul: A stinking corpse on your doorstep? What will the neighbours say?
Dr. White: So you stand on the president's doorstep. He's treated you very badly, hasen't he?
Alice Paul: It's the law that treats women badly.
Dr. White: But you picketed President Wilson, he's the one that put you here.
Alice Paul: We picketed the office of the presidency. It has nothing to do with Mr Wilson and everything to do with the position he holds.
Dr. White: But he's responsible for your treatment here.
Alice Paul: I believe I was sent here by a district commissioner.
Dr. White: You call yourself a suffragist.
Alice Paul: Yes.
Dr. White: Tell me about your cause. Just talk freely. Explain yourself. Do you understand the question?
Alice Paul: You asked me to explain myself. I just wonder what needs to be explained. Let me be very clear. Look into your own heart. I swear to you, mine's no different. You want a place in the trades and professions where you can earn your bread? So do I. You want some means of self expression? Some way of satisfying your own personal ambitions? So do I. You want a voice in the government in which you live? So do I. What is there to explain?
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You refuse to eat
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Can you tell me why
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The hunger strike was a tradition in old lreland
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You starve yourself on someone's doorstep until restitution is made
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and justice is done
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lt doesn't sound like a very effective method
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A stinking corpse on your doorstep
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What will the neighbors say
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So you stand on the President's doorstep
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He's treated you very badly hasn't he
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lt's the law that treats women badly
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But you picket President Wilson He's the one who put you here
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We picket the office of the presidency
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lt has nothing to do with Mr Wilson
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and everything to do with the position he holds
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But he's responsible for your treatment here
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l believe l was sent here by a district commissioner
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You call yourself a suffragist
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Yes
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Tell me about your cause
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Just talk freely
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Explain yourself
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Do you understand the question
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You asked me to explain myself
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l just wonder what needs to be explained
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lt should be very clear
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Look into your own heart
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l swear to you mine's no different
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You want a place in the trades and professions
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where you can earn your bread
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So do l
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You want some means of self expression
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some way of satisfying your own personal ambitions
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So do l
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You want a voice in the government under which you live
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So do l
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What is there to explain
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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.
