Izetta

Renowned stage actress Izetta Jewel is a powerful figure in the Suffragist community. Congressman William Brown meets Izetta at one of her performances and is immediately smitten. William is well aware of Izetta’s ambitions. Headstrong Izetta and her National Woman’s Party ruffle feathers in Washington. Izetta marries William under the guise that they will be equal partners. William insists they start a family, expecting Izetta to be a proper wife. Izetta gives birth to a daughter. Days later, William dies of a heart attack, leaving Izetta free to pursue her Suffrage agenda. When Izetta’s 1917 protest on the steps of the White House lands them in a men’s workhouse, they are beaten, tortured, force-fed, and worse. They face unimaginable horrors without abdicating their fight for suffrage. After weeks of a hunger strike, the frail women prisoners are given a trial. They are immediately released and continue their fight. President Wilson, in the midst of World War I, ignores the plight of the Suffragists. Fearful that the news of the women’s prison abuse will go global, President Wilson voices his support for the women’s cause. This endorsement leads the way for Congress to vote and pass the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.