Overview
Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.
Details
- Director
- Mike Newell
- Writer
- Mark Rosenthal
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $72,300,000
Cast
Dominic West
Ginnifer Goodwin
John Slattery
Julia Roberts
Julia Stiles
Juliet Stevenson
Kirsten Dunst
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Marcia Gay Harden
Marian Seldes
Keywords
1950s
art history
art school
conservative
faculty
feminist
inspiration
lgbt
liberal arts
massachusetts
post war
post world war ii
subversive
teacher hero
unmarried woman
woman centric
woman independence
women and society
women's independence
women's issues
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