The Lady from Grey County

197726 min 13 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Janice Brown

Production: Margaret WescottKathleen Shannon

Script: Barry CowlingRobert Duncan

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.

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Subject categories


  • Politics and Government - Canada > Federal Politics and GovernmentPortraitsWomen
  • Women - Portraits > Politics
  • History - Canada - 1920-1945 > Politics and GovernmentPortraitsWomen

Credits


director
Janice Brown
editing
Janice Brown
producer
Margaret Wescott
executive producer
Kathleen Shannon
commentary
Barry Cowling
Robert Duncan
camera
Barry Perles
Douglas Kiefer
sound editing
John Knight
re-recording
Michel Descombes
narrator
Susan Huycke
music
Art Phillips