Out of Our Father's House
Out of Our Father's House | |
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Genre | Biography Drama Music Romance |
Written by | Jack Hofsiss, Eve Merriam, Paula Wagner |
Directed by | Jack Hofsiss |
Starring | Maureen Anderman Jackie Burroughs Carol Kane Kaiulani Lee Jan Miner Dianne Wiest |
Theme music composer | Jack Feldman |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Producer | Judy Kinberg |
Running time | 59 min. |
Production companies | American National Theatre and Academy KQED PBS |
Original release | |
Network | PBS |
Release | August 2, 1978 |
Out of Our Father's House is a 1978 episode of PBS's Great Performances series. This episode was first broadcast on 2 August 1978 on PBS. The movie is a televised play of the work by Eve Merriam. The play is about six real-life leaders of the women's suffrage movement.[1] The TV movie stars Jackie Burroughs as astronomer Maria Mitchell, Carol Kane as Eliza Southgate, Dianne Wiest as author Elizabeth Gertrude Stern,[2] Maureen Anderman as Doctor Anna Howard Shaw, Kaiulani Lee as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Jan Miner as "Mother" Mary Jones (full name Mary Harris Jones).[3]
The original play by the same name was written by Eve Merriam, and was based on her book "Growing Up Female in America".[4]
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