Prairie Women

Prairie Women

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1987

Release Year

45 min

Runtime

Documentary

History

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.

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Keywords

rural area

social life

social issues

social history

prairies

women farmers

social action

western canada

Cast

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

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