Votes for Women
Votes for Women (en.: Frauenwahlrecht) bezeichnet:
Votes for Women (1908), Kurzfilm
Votes for Women (1912), Kurzfilm von Hal Reid
Votes for Women (1997), Dokumentarfilm von Kay Weaver und Martha Wheelock
Votes for Women!, Theaterstück von Elizabeth Robins (1907)
Votes for Women (Slogan), das zentrale Schlagwort der Frauenwahlrechts-Bewegung im englischsprachigen Raum
Votes for Women (Zeitschrift), Publikation der Women’s Social and Political Union
Handlung
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.)
Besetzung
| Darsteller | Rolle |
|---|---|
| Edgena De Lespine | Jane Wadsworth |
| Gertrude Robinson | |
| Sue Balfour | |
| Pearl Egan | |
| Gladys Egan | |
| Charles Herman | |
| Edward P. Sullivan | |
| J.W. Backus | |
| Jane Addams | Self |
| Frances Maule Bjorkman | Self |
| Florence Maule Cooley | Self |
| Mary Ware Dennett | Self |
| Harriet Laidlaw | Self |
| Inez Millholland | Self |
| Harriet May Mills | Self |
| Mrs. L.H. Ozedam | Self |
| Anna Howard Shaw | Self |
| Mary Beard |
Crew
| Funktion | Name |
|---|---|
| Writer | Frances Maule Bjorkman, Harriet Laidlaw, Mary Ware Dennett |
| Director | Hal Reid |