Quote:
"[Nell Shipman] was perhaps one of the first feminist film writers insisting that her female characters be independent protagonists and not just women waiting to be saved by a handy man. She also insisted on authenticity in location, which meant she filmed many of her scenes outside the studio."
-- Denise Lowe

Source:
Lowe, Denise. An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895-1930. New York: Haworth Press, 2005. (p. 485)