The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976)
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.
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Cast
- Patricia Neal — Narrator
- Walter Abel — Judge
- Jonelle Allen — Rosa Parks
- Helen Gallagher — Mary Harris Jones
- Katherine Glass — Sybil Ludington
- 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
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