Just Like the Men

Stacy Reynolds
2020-09-25

After Washington State grants women's suffrage in 1912, two women upset the politics of society when they decide to run for office.
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70 min

Just Like the Men is an original silent film written in 1914 by Ella Higginson, a novelist, poet laureate, and campaign manager for Frances Axtell. Their campaign was a success making Axtell one of the first women in Washington State to be sworn into legislative office. 100+ years later, this screwball-comedy offers a glimpse of women's first entrance into politics, just in time for the 2020 centennial of women's suffrage.