
Prairie Women
1987-01-01 · 45 min · ★ 10.0
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.
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- Barbara Evans
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- ONF | NFB
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- Canada
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- Released
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