World War One - Women

WWI - Women British women performing manly type work - cleaning trains, cutting trees etc. 17:50:54 British suffragette demonstration - nurses with banners - Hyde Park ? Woman suffragette under arrest. Man talking to two unidentified women. 17:51:32 Washington - Secretary Daniels bids adieu to yoemanettes and marinettes being mustered out of service. Secretary Daniels in field surrounded by circle of women. Women march in uniform. 17:52:17 San Francisco California, Touring country in a campaign for universal suffrage, 24 suffragettes who have served terms in jail arrive on Prison Special. Women out of train and pose for camera. 17:52:35 French women mine workers - women pushing coal carts. Women loading lumber onto trucks. Women pose for camera with male overseer. 17:53:38 Montage women doing traditionally male jobs - wallpaper hanging - cleaning railway trains 17:54:11 1916 Wilson goes to vote/ elections - Army voting. 17:55:05 Women doing men’s jobs - working on trains - in railway yard. 17:56:09 Chicago Illinois, delegates to the Republican Convention carry the Stars and Stripes as they march to the Coliseum to symbolise their stand for Americanism and Preparedness. Group with flags walking along road. Harding smiles to camera. Unidentified man smiles to camera. Crowds in rain outside convention hall. Baby elephant wearing coat with “ Votes “ . 17:57:14 Washington - 65th Congress. Exterior Capitol. 17:57:22 Jeanette Rankin with two men hold up large tattered American flag. Various other short sequences Rankin in different situations. Suffragette demonstrations 17:59:15 England - women aircraft workers. Queen Mary and Prince of Wales visit aircraft factory . Finished plane on field, women putting finishing touches. 18:00:04 Chicago, Jeannette Rankin , the first woman representative to Congress who will attend momentous extra session called by President Wilson. Rankin with group of women poses for camera. 18:00:27 Ship passes through Panama.