Genre: | Biography Drama Music Romance |
Director: | Jack Hofsiss |
Starring: | Maureen Anderman Jackie Burroughs Carol Kane Kaiulani Lee Jan Miner Dianne Wiest |
Theme Music Composer: | Jack Feldman |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Producer: | Judy Kinberg |
Runtime: | 59 min. |
Company: | American National Theatre and Academy KQED PBS |
Network: | PBS |
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]