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The Fight for Women'due south Rights

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Join Ann Curry equally two women search for friends and colleagues who forged a path for equal rights. One of the first female commercial pilots wants to give thanks her mentor, and an advocate hopes to find the adult female who inspired her to join a motility.

Episodes

Bring together Ann Back-scratch as two women search for friends and colleagues who forged a path for equal rights. Ane of the starting time female commercial pilots wants to give thanks her mentor, and an advocate hopes to find the adult female who inspired her to join a movement.
Join Ann Curry equally two men search for the people who helped them settle in the U.S. when they fled Castro'south Cuba. One hopes to find the family who took him in as a boy while some other looks for the shrimp boat skipper who brought him to rubber.
Join Ann Curry as Korean War veterans search for their brothers in arms. One wants to show his gratitude to two lieutenants who inspired him to be brave in battle, and the other hopes to thank a friend who boosted his spirits aboard a infirmary ship.
Join Ann Back-scratch every bit two Alaskans try to track downward babyhood friends who also survived the state's massive 1964 convulsion. A woman wants to give thanks a friend and her mom for shielding her from harm, and a man searches for a former Little League teammate.
Join Ann Curry as Holocaust survivors search for those who gave them hope in the darkest days. One wants to find the friend he left backside when he didn't move to State of israel; the other hopes an old photograph will reunite him with the daughter who was his first friend.
Join Ann Curry equally two Vietnam veterans search for the heroes who saved them. An Army officeholder searches for the helicopter pilot who rescued him, while another soldier wants to reconnect with the surgeon who saved his leg from amputation.

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Join Ann Back-scratch as ii women search for friends and colleagues who forged a path for equal rights. One of the first female person commercial pilots wants to thank her mentor, and an advocate hopes to discover the woman who inspired her to join a motility.
Former flying attendant, Lynn Rippelmeyer, tells of her passion for flight in the 1970s that propelled her ambition to become one of the offset female commercial pilots in the United states of america.
Activist Zoe Nicholson describes her desire for equality between the sexes that drove her to take office in a 37-24-hour interval hunger fast in 1982, in a campaign for women to be part of the US Constitution in the Equal Rights Amendment or ERA.
Former flight attendant Lynn Rippelmeyer describes the combination of sheer determination and luck that gave her the chance to become to a commercial airplane pilot in the 1970s, at a time when many believed women were incapable of the job.
Pioneering female pilot Lynn Rippelmeyer delves into the Illinois Department of Transportation records to try to rail down the female captain who inspired her own historic aviation career.
Bring together Ann Back-scratch as two men search for the people who helped them settle in the U.S. when they fled Castro'south Cuba. One hopes to find the family who took him in as a boy while another looks for the shrimp gunkhole skipper who brought him to safety.
Nelson Figueras describes his babyhood in Cuba during the 1950s. The son of a revolutionary, Nelson describes living under Castro'southward oppressive regime and his father'due south eventual execution for crimes against the state. This horrific event was the goad for Nelson and his younger blood brother to be sent without their parents to the U.s. in 1962 in Operation Pedro Pan.
Nelson Figueras describes the loving Mexican American family who in Washington Land fostered him and his brother after they'd been sent to the US from Cuba as Pedro Pan children. Despite being with the family for less than a twelvemonth, Nelson has thought of the couple and their kindness often for the past 50 years. He yearns to find his long-lost foster parents to thank them.
Juan meets fisherman George Gardner, a colleague of Helm Hooper, the skipper who brought him to safety in 1980 during the Mariel Boat lift from Cuba.
Join Ann Curry as Korean War veterans search for their brothers in artillery. One wants to prove his gratitude to two lieutenants who inspired him to be dauntless in battle, and the other hopes to thank a friend who boosted his spirits aboard a hospital ship.
Jim Owen had a hard upbringing and in 1950 sought solace in the camaraderie of the U.s.a. Marines. He enlisted only as the war in Korea bankrupt out and was rapidly sent to serve on the front lines.
Defending the 38th Parallel, gunner Jim Owen describes being marooned under heavy artillery attack from Chinese troops in 1951. There he witnessed an act of heroism that has stayed with him for nearly 70 years.

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