Votes for Women (1912)
The feature that has the support of every suffrage organization in the country.
1912 · 0h 20m
Named by historian Kevin Brownlow as “the first important suffrage film”, this melodrama follows suffragist May Fillmore in her fight to sway Senator Herman, whose vote could pass a key reform bill.
Director: Hal Reid
Writers: Frances Maule Bjorkman, Mary Ware Dennett, Harriet Laidlaw
Cast
Edgena De Lespine as Jane WadsworthGertrude RobinsonSue BalfourPearl EganGladys EganCharles HermanEdward P. SullivanJ.W. BackusJane Addams as SelfFrances Maule Bjorkman as SelfFlorence Maule Cooley as SelfMary Ware Dennett as SelfMore like this
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