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Great Grand Mother

DocumentaryHistory
7.0·1975·0h 29m

This short film is an ode to the women who settled the Prairies, from the days of early immigration to 1916 - when Manitobans became the first women i...

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Inez Henderson

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Pauline Maksymuk

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Sarah Laskin

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Mary Ann Mawson

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Cornelia Wood

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DIRECTORS

Lorna Rasmussen, Anne Wheeler

OVERVIEW

This short film is an ode to the women who settled the Prairies, from the days of early immigration to 1916 - when Manitobans became the first women in Canada to receive the provincial vote - and beyond. Recollections of women are complemented by a series of quotations drawn from letters, diaries, and newspapers of the day, which are spoken over re-enacted scenes and archival photographs.