Votes for Women

Votes for Women

1912
20m
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"The feature that has the support of every suffrage organization in the country."

Overview

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. After exposing him and his fiancée Jane Wadsworth to the dire living conditions of a motherless tenement family—unsanitary housing, child labor, and workplace exploitation—Jane turns against her negligent fiancé and joins the suffrage cause. Ultimately, both Herman and Jane’s father are persuaded to support reform, and the film ends with the characters proudly taking part in a suffrage parade. (Note: This silent narrative film is distinct from Edison’s Votes for Women (1913), a Kinetophone short that recorded real suffragist leaders delivering speeches.)

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Reliance Film Company
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
No Language

Quick Facts

Release Date June 25, 1912
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0235000

Cast

Edgena De Lespine
Edgena De Lespine

Jane Wadsworth

Gertrude Robinson
Gertrude Robinson

Sue Balfour
Sue Balfour

Pearl Egan
Pearl Egan

Gladys Egan
Gladys Egan

Charles Herman
Charles Herman

Edward P. Sullivan
Edward P. Sullivan

J.W. Backus
J.W. Backus

Jane Addams
Jane Addams

Self

Frances Maule Bjorkman
Frances Maule Bjorkman

Self

Florence Maule Cooley
Florence Maule Cooley

Self

Mary Ware Dennett
Mary Ware Dennett

Self

Key Crew

Harriet Laidlaw
Writer
Hal Reid
Director
Frances Maule Bjorkman
Writer
Mary Ware Dennett
Writer

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