3 Historically Relevant, Feminist Movies to Watch

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3 Historically Relevant Feminist, Movies to Watch

    The history of feminism is often misunderstood, if not completely washed out of the contemporary historical textbooks taught in schools. I did not learn of the feminist movement and each wave until my junior year in college and was shocked at the accomplishments of women across time. These women are often erased from the very confinements of history books and only regarded in specific courses or in higher education which is not affordable or even an appealing option for some people. Today, I set aside three movies that represent the accomplishments of women in history whether it be in the feminist movement, STEM, or the civil rights movement. 

 

1.     Iron-Jawed Angels (2004)


 

This movie follows the first wave of feminism when liberal feminists were attempting to gain the right to vote. It follows Alice Paul, a suffragette in 1917 whose sole commitment was to push for the right to vote. Alice, alongside the other suffragettes, planned provocative outings and was met with heavy resilience from men and society as a whole. Woodrow Wilson and the beginning of the first civil war also held significant meaning within the movie. It showed the suffragettes undying passion for their cause even as they were abused and mistreated in prisons for disobedience.

 

2.     Betty and Coretta (2013) 


In Betty and Coretta, these two women share an important friendship after the death of their husbands. They begin to ignite black women across the nation to continue to pursue the civil rights movement and empower each other as single mothers. They set the stage for millions of women to feel empowered as they took on the work of their late husbands, Coretta Scott King and Dr. Betty Shabazz proved to move the civil rights movement and expand it in their endeavors.

 

3.     Hidden Figures (2016)

 

This movie was popular when it first came out and surrounds the story of three black female mathematicians that played an immensely significant role in the primary years of the space program of the United States. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson were the driving force of an immense operation for the U.S space program that sent someone into space and took back national pride in the Space Race. The way these three women cross race and gendered obstacles gave way for many other women to do the same.

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