Women’s Political Union, 1910s - Film 39057

A few disparate clips from Eighty Million Women Want? - which was a silent movie from 1913, made in the . In the film, a suffragist exposes a corrupt boss who has compromised her lawyer fiance. Guest actors are (recognised personality) Emmeline Pankhurst herself and Mrs Harriet Stanton Blatch, President of the Women’s political Union in the U.S. Mrs Pankhurst, especially, displays a wonderful talent for (silent) overacting. Films such as this one were made in response to a series of anti-suffragette