What 80 Million Women Want

The women's suffrage movement inspired this 1913 silent film classic, which features appearances by equal rights crusaders Emmeline Pankhurst and Harriot Stanton Blatch. As politicos work to deny women the right to vote, a young lawyer tells his activist girlfriend of government corruption that...

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Other Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., MVD Entertainment Group.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], c2010.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (56 min.) : sd., col.
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Summary: The women's suffrage movement inspired this 1913 silent film classic, which features appearances by equal rights crusaders Emmeline Pankhurst and Harriot Stanton Blatch. As politicos work to deny women the right to vote, a young lawyer tells his activist girlfriend of government corruption that actively seeks to ensure that her voice is never heard.
Item Description: Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 05, 2013.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
A Woman's Voice (3:12) -- Making it on His Own? (4:32) -- New Beginnings (2:08) -- Equal Rights for Equal Suffrage (2:05) -- Part II: Power (2:37) -- Inside Enemy Lines (2:43) -- A New Partnership? (3:49) -- Misdirected Letters (2:12) -- Part III: Opposing Forces (3:16) -- That Evening (2:50) -- Travers Arrested (5:01) -- Trying to Locate the Culprit (4:04) -- Not Guilty (2:47) -- Can't be Bought (2:09) -- Registration Day (4:05) -- Kelly's Plan Backfires (3:42) -- Election Day (1:52) -- When Friends Fail (2:34) -- Credits: What 80 Million Women Want (0:07)
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Starring Douglass Dumbrille, Ronald Everett, and George Henry.
The women's suffrage movement inspired this 1913 silent film classic, which features appearances by equal rights crusaders Emmeline Pankhurst and Harriot Stanton Blatch. As politicos work to deny women the right to vote, a young lawyer tells his activist girlfriend of government corruption that actively seeks to ensure that her voice is never heard.
10 & up.
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (56 min.) : sd., col.
Format: Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience: 10 & up.
Access: Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.