"Just Do It", "Our Time is Now", "Impossible is Nothing"; these modern motivational sports messages adopted by companies such as Nike and Adidas were originally championed by women suffragists whose goals were to increase women's effectiveness in the cause of good governance. The historical context and sacrifices made by these women are often overlooked, and the only date remembered is August 26, 1920: the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. In educational settings teachers provide information about wars and the passing of important laws, yet important gaps remain in our understanding of women's suffrage for equality: "a war that had been going on for half a century." Jennifer Friedes' story "Iron Jawed Angels", produced by Katja von Garnier, highlights the struggle and pain that women suffragettes endured, as well as providing the viewer with an in-depth understanding of the events, consequences and heroic actions of the women's activists. suffragette women of the 1920s. suffragist movement. The story of Alice Paul and Lucy Barnes, two young Quaker activists, speaks to audiences: mothers, daughters, sisters and those who share their lives with women or are women in today's society. Reading short passages and listening to lectures about women's suffrage is not part of humanity, individuals often dismiss it as something they always read and hear about, but which remains part of a completely different world. Garnier's integration of detailed worldly characteristics and realistic depictions of acts of violence and discrimination force the reader to consider the possibilities of living in a society parallel to that of the 1920s. The emotional intensity surrounding Miss Paul's belief "Give me freedom... in the middle of the paper..." expanded women's roles, especially giving women the voice to take control of their lives. The movement has strengthened the concepts: "Impossible is Nothing", "Our Time is Now" and "Just Do It": which extend across billboards, shoe boxes and sporting event flyers, but are not just advertising slogans, they embody the suffrage of women activists and the obstacles they overcame with the utmost tenacity. They also show the vast amount of people, places, and events that the women's rights movement has influenced, including me as I take responsibility through voting and activism to establish my place in society as a person. Republican women of the twenty-first century. Works CitedBrink, A Dry White Season ed. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2006. PrintIron Jawed Angels