Prairie Women (1987)

Prairie Women (1987)

1987-01-01 Canada 45 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Virginia Beckner is Farm Couple
Farm Couple
Dennis Cyr is Farm Couple
Farm Couple
Brandi Beckner is Child
Child
David Beckner is Child
Child
Shaun Umscheid is Child
Child
Miriam Newhouse is Violet McNaughton
Violet McNaughton
Judith Lebane is Irene Parlby
Irene Parlby
Juliet Brown is Meeting Chairperson / Voices
Meeting Chairperson / Voices
Brenda Prentice is Rally Speaker
Rally Speaker
Sandi Gregg is Peace Petitioner
Peace Petitioner
Elan Ross Gibson is Narrator
Narrator
Cori Stent is Voices
Voices

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