The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976)
Overview
Developed from Anne Grant's book, Our North American Foremothers, this film recreates historical moments and women who fought for equality and freedom over the span of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Cast
Patricia Neal
Narrator
Walter Abel
Judge
Helen Gallagher
Mary Harris Jones
Joan Hackett
Belva Lockwood
Celeste Holm
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Frank Langella
John Adams
Claudia McNeil
Sojourner Truth
Joanna Miles
Abigail Adams
Melba Moore
Harriet Tubman
Kate Mulgrew
Deborah Sampson
Lois Nettleton
Susan B. Anthony
George Rose
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