Pioneers in Petticoats

Pioneers in Petticoats is a 44-minute film produced by BYU Motion Picture Studios and distributed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was commissioned for the centennial of the founding of the Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association. In it, the main character, Abigail Harper, is chosen as the local president of the Young Women's Retrenchment Society and finds her values challenged.

Pioneers in Petticoats
Directed byJudge Whitaker
Written byJoyce Evans
Carol Lynn Pearson
Produced byJudge Whitaker
StarringMelinda Cummings
Jillanne Duce
Jim French
CinematographyRobert Stum
Edited byFrank S. Wise
Distributed byThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Release date
  • 1969 (1969)
Running time
44 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

References

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  • Hall, Airen (October 2012), "Melodrama on a Mission: Latter-Day Saint Film and the Melodramatic Mode", Journal of Religion and Film, 16 (2): 23–26
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