
What 80 Million Women Want (1913)
56 min
The women's suffrage movement inspired this silent film classic that includes appearances by equal rights crusaders Emmeline Pankhurst and Harriet Stanton Blatch. As politicos work to deny women the right to vote, a young lawyer tells his activist girlfriend of the corruption within the government that actively seeks to ensure that her voice is never heard.
- Release date
- November 21, 1913
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Emmeline Pankhurst as Self - Leader of the English Militants
- Harriot Stanton Blatch as Self - President of the Woman's Political Union
- Ethel Jewett as Mabel West a Sufragist
- Reginald Everett as Ronald Everett the Young Lawyer
- George Henry as Boss John Kelly
- Jack Kohler as Arthur a Clerk
- Frank DeVernon as James Flynn the District Leader and Contractor
- Douglass Dumbrille as District Attorney
Crew
- Will Louis · Director
- B.P. Schulberg · Writer
- Florence Maule Cooley · Writer
- Lotta Woods · Writer
- John Arnold · Cinematographer
- Harry L. Decker · Editor