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  • A woman as president? It's happened before - in the movies

    Oct 23, 2024 12:15 pm by BBCIllinois in the News
    colorized still from the 1924 silent film, "The Last Man on Earth." It's the first depiction of a woman president in movie history.

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    • colorized still from the 1924 silent film, "The Last Man on Earth." It's the first depiction of a woman president in movie history.

    BBC (Oct. 23) 'Just imagine,' says U. of I.'s Erika Cornelius Smith. 'Women boxing! Women in government! The only way audiences could cope with this type of thing in popular culture was that they knew it was absurd and it would never happen.'