Women Film Pioneers (Gladys Hall) 🇺🇸

February 25, 2026

Last Update: Gladys Hall

Columbia University's Women Film Pioneers project has compiled more information on this subject than we could ever dream of putting up.

The following is our slowly growing personal collection of articles from and about women who were producers, directors, editors, journalists, studio owners, movie suffragettes and cinema owners in the early days of cinema.

The links below lead to articles and movies that we have published on our site.

A
Dorothy Arzner

B
Ruth Ann Baldwin (1886–19??)
Clara Beranger
Ouida Bergère
Marguerite Bertsch (1889–1967)
Fannie Bourke

C
Lenore J. Coffee
Mabel Condon

E
Edith Ellis (1866–1960)

G
Gene Gauntier
Elinor Glyn
Alice Guy

H
Gladys Hall (1891–1977)

J
Maibelle Heikes Justice

L
Anita Loos

M
Mary MacLane (1881–1929)

P

Ida May Park
Mary Pickford

R
Edna G. Riley (Edna Goldsmith Riley) (1880–1962)
Fanchon Royer

T
Gertrude Thanhouser

U
Eve Unsell (1879–1937)

W
Lule Warrenton (1862–1932)
Lois Weber (1879–1939)
Elsie Jane Wilson