Out of Our Father's House explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306120130/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/290634/Out-of-Our-Fathers-House/overview The New York Times Movies
  2. Web site: Out of Our Father's House. IMDb. 2 August 1978.
  3. Web site: Out of Our Father's House.
  4. Web site: Out of Our Father's House.