''Your Girl and Mine'' is a 1914 film promoting

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. It was sponsored by

Ruth Hanna McCormick Ruth McCormick (née Hanna, also known as Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms; March 27, 1880 – December 31, 1944), was an American politician, activist, and publisher. She served one term in the United States House of Representatives, winning an at-l ...

as well as the

National American Woman Suffrage Association The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was an organization formed on February 18, 1890, to advocate in favor of women's suffrage in the United States. It was created by the merger of two existing organizations, the National ...

NAWSA. It was produced by

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and directed by Giles R. Warren. Gilson Willets wrote the script. ''

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'' covered the film. The movie was shot in Chicago, Illinois. On October 14, 1914 the film premiered at the Auditorium Theatre, Chicago. McCormick wrote about the film for the

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stating the "melodramatic photoplay will prove as effective in gaining ''Votes for Women'' as ''

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'' was in the abolition of slavery." The film featured

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Olive Wyndham Olive Frances Wyndham Meysenberg (June 16, 1886 – November 24, 1971) was an American actress on stage and in silent films. Early life Meysenburg was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of E. A. von Meysenburg, a German diplomat, ...

, and

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. Also appearing was

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addressing a suffrage convention. The complete cast had more than 400 members. It was shown at variety of theaters nationwide over a two year period. McCormick and the NAWSA organized to coordinate advertising and ticket sales.

Cast

Cast as listed in the

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File:Your Girl and Mine ad 1.jpg, "Your Girl and Mine" advertisement File:Your Girl and Mine scene.png, Still from the silent film "Your Girl and Mine", 1914 File:Still from the silent film Your Girl and Mine, 1914.jpg, Still from the silent film "Your Girl and Mine", 1914 File:Equal Suffrage League of Richmond, Va., February 1915.jpg, Equal Suffrage League of Richmond, Va. in front of Washington Monument, Capitol Square, Richmond. The members of the ESL were promoting the suffrage film, "Your Girl and Mine.", February 1915

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''Shall Not Be Denied,'' Library of Congress exhibit

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