Named by historian Kevin Brownlow as “the first important suffrage film”, this melodrama follows suffragist May Fillmore in her fight to sway Senator Herman, whose vote could pass a key reform bill. After exposing him and his fiancée Jane Wadsworth to the dire living conditions of a motherless tenement family—unsanitary housing, child labor, and workplace exploitation—Jane turns against her negligent fiancé and joins the suffrage cause. Ultimately, both Herman and Jane’s father are persuaded to support reform, and the film ends with the characters proudly taking part in a suffrage parade. (Note: This silent narrative film is distinct from Edison’s Votes for Women (1913), a Kinetophone short that recorded real suffragist leaders delivering speeches.)
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| EEdgena De LespineJane Wadsworth | Jane Wadsworth |
 Gertrude RobinsonNot listed | Not listed |
| SSue BalfourNot listed | Not listed |
| PPearl EganNot listed | Not listed |
 Gladys EganNot listed | Not listed |
| CCharles HermanNot listed | Not listed |
 Edward P. SullivanNot listed | Not listed |
| JJ.W. BackusNot listed | Not listed |
| JJane AddamsSelf | Self |
| FFrances Maule BjorkmanSelf | Self |
| FFlorence Maule CooleySelf | Self |
| MMary Ware DennettSelf | Self |
| HHarriet LaidlawSelf | Self |
| IInez MillhollandSelf | Self |
| HHarriet May MillsSelf | Self |
| MMrs. L.H. OzedamSelf | Self |
| AAnna Howard ShawSelf | Self |
| MMary BeardNot listed | Not listed |