The completion of principal photography was announced in the 9 Jun 1917 Motion Picture News. According to the article, the film, with its focus on women’s suffrage, was “heralded as the greatest tribute of the motion picture age to the power of woman.” Various modern sources have revealed that production took place in Santa Cruz, CA, where director Willis Robards had recently opened a studio. Approximately 500 Santa Cruz residents were employed as background actors, and locations throughout the city were used in exterior scenes. The original story and scenario were written by playwright Hal Reid, father-in-law of lead actress Dorothy Davenport. The 30 Jun 1917 Motography estimated the final cut to be 7,000 feet in length.
       Articles in the 29 Sep 1917 Moving Picture World and the 6 Oct 1917 Motion Picture News reported that Robards had recently visited New York City, where he held several private screenings of the film, including one at Loew’s New York Roof for members of the National Woman’s Party and the Woman Suffrage Party. The 20 Oct 1917 Motion Picture News noted that the film was well-received at the latter screening, although the audience recommended several revisions, primarily to the subtitles. Robards explained that his advisors on the project had been suffragists from the Western states, who held somewhat different views on the issue from those of their Eastern counterparts.
       That same issue announced that H. J. Shepard of distributors Shepard and Van Loan, Inc., commissioned a song, also titled “Mothers of Men,” reportedly composed by Gus Edwards with lyrics by Will D. Cobb. However, U.S. copyright records credit the lyrics to Robards. Sheet music for the song was to be made available in most retail outlets at the time of the picture’s release. Its cover design was also to be used for theatrical posters. Although no mention was made of a record release, the article noted that cabaret and vaudeville artists were expected to perform the song on stages throughout the country. A novelization of the scenario was also planned.
       The 27 Oct 1917 Motion Picture News reported a recent screening held by Robards for buyers in the states’ rights market. While a favorable notice appeared in the 10 Nov 1917 edition, a review in the 27 Oct 1917 Moving Picture World described several aspects of the plot as implausible.
       As stated in the 27 Jul 1918 Motion Picture News, Robards re-edited the film and arranged another states’ rights release with producer Ernest Shipman. The 13 Jul 1918 issue identified California Motion Picture Enterprises as one of the distributors.
       The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed women the right to vote, was ratified in 1920.
       The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.