Suffrage on the Silver Screen
As film emerged in the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries, suffragists were commonly used in gender-bending comedies
through depictions of them as masculine women who abandoned homes, children,
and husbands to degrade from their moral high ground. But the women’s suffrage
movement soon realized the power that film could have to generate support. They
began creating their own films to redefine the suffrage woman and combat
negative stereotypes that dominated cinema.
twentieth centuries, suffragists were commonly used in gender-bending comedies
through depictions of them as masculine women who abandoned homes, children,
and husbands to degrade from their moral high ground. But the women’s suffrage
movement soon realized the power that film could have to generate support. They
began creating their own films to redefine the suffrage woman and combat
negative stereotypes that dominated cinema.
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