Prairie Women
10.0198745 min
DocumentaryHistory
This film illustrates the struggles of Canadian prairies women to achieve a more just and humane society within the farm movement and at large. During the early 1900s, women on the prairies looked for ways to overcome their isolation. Out of the resulting farm women's organizations grew a group of women possessing remarkable intellectual abilities, social and cultural awareness, and advanced worldviews.
Top Cast
Virginia Beckner as Farm Couple,Dennis Cyr as Farm Couple,Brandi Beckner as Child,David Beckner as Child,Shaun Umscheid as Child,Miriam Newhouse as Violet McNaughton,Judith Lebane as Irene Parlby,Juliet Brown as Meeting Chairperson / Voices
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Production
ONF | NFB