Stand Up and Be Counted(1972)
From Adam's Rib to Women's Lib... baby, we've come a long long way!
Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the progress of the liberation of the women. Arriving at the town she is very surprised to see that her sister and also her mother agree very much with the feministic arguments.
Movie: Stand Up and Be Counted
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Sheila Hammond
Yvonne Kellerman
Gary McBride
Eliot Travis
Karen Hammond
Hilary McBride
Lou Kellerman
Mabel Hammond
Gloria Seagar
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