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Out of Our Father's House

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Out of Our Father's House
"Out of Our Father's House" DVD cover
Written byJack Hofsiss, Eve Merriam, Paula Wagner
Directed byJack Hofsiss
StarringMaureen Anderman
Jackie Burroughs
Carol Kane
Kaiulani Lee
Jan Miner
Dianne Wiest
Theme music composerJack Feldman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerJudy Kinberg
Running time59 min
Original release
NetworkPBS
Release2 August 1978

Out of Our Father's House is an 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]

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