About the Project

Women They Talk About

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Alice Guy Blache

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Anna May Wong

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Alice B. Russell

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Mabel Normand

JUST AROUND THE CORNER

THE LYING TRUTH

PEACOCK ALLEY

THE BUTTERFLY MAN

THE WILD PARTY

IN HER SHOES: LOIS WEBER AND THE FEMALE FILMMAKERS WHO SHAPED EARLY HOLLYWOOD

Teacher Curriculum

IN HER SHOES: LOIS WEBER AND THE FEMALE FILMMAKERS WHO SHAPED EARLY HOLLYWOOD

Student Workbook

By Lois Weber

SHOES

Library of Congress

“Shoes” Essay

LOST LA

Dream Factory

In the silent film era

Over twice as many women writers

In the silent film era

10.9% of credits attributed to women working behind the camera

In the silent film era

Top ten subjects of films written by women

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Karen Ward Mahar

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Jane Gaines

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Report Narative

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Emily Carman

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Dorothy Arzner

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Hettie Gray Baker

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Zora Neale Hurston 

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Beatriz Michelena

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Marion E. Wong