Picks and Pans Review: Under This Sky: Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Kansas

UPDATED 11/12/1979 at 01:00 AM EST Originally published 11/12/1979 at 01:00 AM EST

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The setting is Kansas 1867. Fervent feminists Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Irene Worth) and Susan B. Anthony (Collin Wilcox-Paxton) try to ignite support for women's suffrage. Worth is creative and convincing, Wilcox-Paxton stern and efficient Choppy editing and a preachy script, though, sometimes make this TV drama about as effective as a silver dollar that looks like a quarter.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9

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