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  • Collection: 1910s

Marguerite Clark played both the prince and the pauper in the 1915 film Prince and the Pauper. This demonstrates, further, that while men and women had very separate gender roles and dress in society, it was acceptable for women to play men in the…

This is a very effective and affecting suffrage film released shortly before women got the vote. It paints suffragists in a positive light. They are shown as respectable and attractive.
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