Movies and TvShows featuring "womens-suffrage" theme.

Fröken Frimans krig (2013) is a comedy-drama TV show that takes place in the year 1905. It revolves around the story of a group of women who start a cooperative grocery store and fight for women's suffrage, highlighting the challenges they face and the class struggle they encounter.

It's 1910 and we're in Banbury church hall at the Banbury Intricate Craft Circle. Margaret has been to London and discovered the Women's Suffrage movement so she decides they need to set up their own movement and The Banbury Intricate Craft Circle becomes the hilariously ineffectual Banbury Intricate Craft Circle politely request women's Suffrage. Gwen is the only member who actually enjoys the craft element of the meetings, while Helen thinks that craft is a little unnecessary, but she's not interested in women's rights: "What on earth do women need a vote for? My husband votes for who I tell him to vote for. What could be a better system than that?"

True Women is a TV mini-series that follows the lives of four women as they navigate through the challenges and triumphs of life in 19th century America. From the cotton fields of the South to the battlefields of the Civil War, their stories intertwine with themes of friendship, courage, determination, and women's rights.

The little-known story of one of the most compelling political movements and friendships in American history.

The life of Prince John, youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary, who died at the age of 13 in 1919.

One hundred years after Australia elected its very first female parliamentarian, Annabel Crabb presents Ms Represented, a raw and honest account of politics from the female perspective.

One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote — a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history.

Suffragette is a drama film set in 1912 London, depicting the courage and determination of a group of women who fought against the existing misogynistic and oppressive system to gain suffrage rights. The film follows the story of Maud, a working-class woman who becomes involved with the suffragette movement, facing various obstacles and hardships along the way, including police brutality, sexual harassment, and imprisonment.

Iron Jawed Angels is a biographical drama set in the 1920s, depicting the courageous women who played a pivotal role in the suffrage movement in the United States. It showcases their struggle, protests, and imprisonment, highlighting the obstacles they faced in their fight for women's emancipation and the right to vote.

In the rural town of Switzerland in the 1970s, a housewife becomes the unexpected leader in the fight for women's rights and emancipation. She challenges the societal norms and fights against the patriarchal system while facing adversity and personal conflicts.

The story of the road to women's suffrage in Sweden featuring interviews with relatives of the main characters.

In a small town, Josie, a strong-willed woman, stands up for women's rights amidst a conflict between ranchers and sheepherders. She also finds herself caught in a love triangle. With statehood on the horizon, Josie takes on a murder trial that could determine the town's future. Along the way, she faces barn burnings, pool cue battles, and a range war.

Dorothy Davenport as Clara Madison, a prominent lawyer, wins a judgeship over fellow Attorney Grant Williams, played by Willis L. Robards. Upon winning the prominent position as judge, Ms. Madison finds herself walking a political tight rope with enemies all around doing what they can to cause her down fall. Judge Madison convicts a murderer to death paving the way for her to be easily elected as the first female Governor. As Governor she is faced with a difficult dilemma. She has the power to pardon her husband who has been convicted of a serious crime, but to do so she’d be using her office for her own personal gain. “I must find some way to realize my ideals without sacrificing my husband. I must struggle on somehow for the sake of womanhood!”

Mrs. Claus travels to New York City during the suffrage movement and uses her wit and charm to bring joy to the lives of children while also advocating for women's rights. Along the way, she encounters various challenges and showcases her musical talent through original songs.

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.

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story is a biography of the woman who was honored by the Catholic Church as a saint. Dorothy Day was writing a newspaper column when she met a homeless woman and began to question why she could write about the suffering of others without getting involved in their lives. She converted to Catholicism and opened a shelter for the homeless. With the help of Peter Maurin, she founded the Catholic Worker Movement, a pacifist movement that still exists today.

Panamanian women tell their struggle to overcome inequality and discrimination in the political and public sphere and for the right to universal suffrage which they obtained in 1946.

In the year 1897, a traveling saleslady faces comedic challenges and romantic rivalries while trying to sell her products in Texas. She encounters cowboys, ranchers, sheriffs, and even a steel tycoon. With a touch of historical comedy, the story revolves around the battle of the sexes and showcases the struggles and triumphs of a saleswoman in a male-dominated world.

Rendezvous is a comedy film set during World War One. It revolves around a series of hilarious misadventures and misunderstandings that occur when a group of spies attempts to infiltrate a secret code message exchange in Washington D.C. The main character, an American spy, finds himself entangled in a web of blackmail, romance, and espionage as he navigates through the chaotic world of war.

Based on George Ade's play which, in part, was based on an incident in a 1902 election in Wyoming, with women's-right-to-vote playing a large role. Here, Jim Hackler, local party-boss in a Wyoming county, has to decide to do what's right and lose the election, or what's wrong and win it.