Prairie Women

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.

Details

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

Elan Ross Gibson

Narrator

Cori Stent

Voices

Meredith Adams

Voices

Elizabeth Hoffpauir

Voices