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Votes for Women (1912)
Short | Drama, Short

Votes for Women (1912)

Short | Drama, Short

The suffrage workers are vainly endeavoring to win over Senator Herman to their cause as his vote on a certain bill they favor means its passage. May Fillmore, one of the most ardent of the workers, discovers that the father of a little ...See moreThe suffrage workers are vainly endeavoring to win over Senator Herman to their cause as his vote on a certain bill they favor means its passage. May Fillmore, one of the most ardent of the workers, discovers that the father of a little motherless tenement brood has died of tuberculosis, after having vainly importuned the owner. Senator Herman, to make building alterations that will remedy unsatisfactory conditions. She goes to the Senator's fiancée, Jane Wadsworth, and succeeds in securing her help. Jane accompanies May to the poor bereaved family, and she is shocked at the terrible lack of sanitation. They find three little girls and a baby left to fight the world alone. Elsie, the eldest, is doing embroidery sweat-shop work at home, and minding the baby, while Hester works in a department store. The other tot is a half-time scholar, and in the afternoons assists her sister working on corset covers for another shop. All these fearful conditions are pointed out by May and have their desired effect upon Jane. She is further shocked upon learning that her fiancé is the negligent owner. Jane goes to him and pleads that he do something in the matter. He waves her away and treats her like a child. Angered, she joins the suffragists and assists in bringing both her father and the Senator to terms. Hester is insulted by a floorwalker in her father's shop, which proves another shock to Jane, when her father does nothing in the matter. Later she is stricken with scarlet fever, which she contracted from the embroidery on one of her trousseau gowns, which came from her father's store. The father and Senator, upon learning that they were in part guilty, as the embroidery was made in the Senator's unsanitary tenement, gives in and most enthusiastically joins the suffrage movement. They are seen with the girls at suffrage headquarters, at the Men's League, and finally in the parade. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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18 cast members

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Edgena De Lespine Jane Wadsworth Jane Wadsworth See fewer	London Assurance (1913)
Gertrude Robinson Actress Actress See fewer	The Feud and the Turkey (1908)
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Pearl Egan Actress Actress See fewer	Robespierre (1913)
Gladys Egan Actress Actress See fewer	The Adventures of Dollie (1908)
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Edward P. Sullivan Actor Actor See fewer	Evangeline (1914)
J.W. Backus Actor Actor See fewer	Votes for Women (1912)
Jane Addams Self Self See fewer	Shoes (1916)
Mary Beard Self Self See fewer	Votes for Women (1912)
Frances Maule Bjorkman Self Self See fewer	Votes for Women (1912)
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Mary Ware Dennett Self Self See fewer	Votes for Women (1912)
Harriet Laidlaw Self Self See fewer	Votes for Women (1912)
Inez Millholland Self Self See fewer	Our Mutual Girl (1914)
Harriet May Mills Self Self See fewer	Votes for Women (1913)
Mrs. L.H. Ozedam Self Self See fewer	Votes for Women (1912)
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