Prairie Women (1987)
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.
- Date of release
- 1987-01-01
- TMDB
- 10.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 45m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Director
- Barbara Evans
Casting
- Virginia Beckner — Farm Couple
- Dennis Cyr — Farm Couple
- Brandi Beckner — Child
- David Beckner — Child
- Shaun Umscheid — Child
- Miriam Newhouse — Violet McNaughton
- Judith Lebane — Irene Parlby
- Juliet Brown — Meeting Chairperson / Voices
- Brenda Prentice — Rally Speaker
- Sandi Gregg — Peace Petitioner
- Elan Ross Gibson — Narrator
- Cori Stent — Voices
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