A Suffragette in Spite of Himself

A gentleman who's opposed to and mocks women's suffrage goes for a walk and unknowingly becomes an advertisement for it.

Cast

Marc McDermott

as The Gentleman

Miriam Nesbitt

as The Gentleman's Wife

Ethel Browning

as The Maid

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