On March 8, 1922, Agnes Campbell Macphail became Canada’s first woman Member of Parliament. For the next nineteen years, the Independent MP used her wit, courage and honesty to fight for prison reform, old-age pensions, the co-operative movement and the many other causes she believed in. Made up of old photographs, archival footage and quotations from her speeches and writings, this film documents a significant Canadian and the turbulence of her times. Agnes Campbell Macphail died on February 13, 1954.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
311265
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Canada - Politics and government
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Political science
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Politicians - Biography
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Politicians - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women in politics
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women political activists
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)