Well Meet Again With Ann Curry

The Fight for Women's Rights

54m 20s

Join Ann Back-scratch as two women search for friends and colleagues who forged a path for equal rights. One of the get-go female commercial pilots wants to thank her mentor, and an advocate hopes to find the adult female who inspired her to bring together a move.

Episodes

Bring together Ann Back-scratch as two women search for friends and colleagues who forged a path for equal rights. 1 of the get-go female person commercial pilots wants to give thanks her mentor, and an advocate hopes to find the woman who inspired her to join a move.
Join Ann Curry as 2 men search for the people who helped them settle in the U.S. when they fled Castro's Republic of cuba. One hopes to detect the family who took him in every bit a boy while some other looks for the shrimp gunkhole skipper who brought him to safety.
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 hospital ship.
Join Ann Curry every bit 2 Alaskans endeavor to rails down babyhood friends who as well survived the state'due south massive 1964 earthquake. A woman wants to thank a friend and her mom for shielding her from impairment, and a human being searches for a sometime Trivial League teammate.
Join Ann Curry equally Holocaust survivors search for those who gave them hope in the darkest days. One wants to find the friend he left behind when he didn't motility to Israel; the other hopes an old photo volition reunite him with the girl who was his offset friend.
Join Ann Curry equally ii Vietnam veterans search for the heroes who saved them. An Regular army officer searches for the helicopter airplane pilot who rescued him, while some other soldier wants to reconnect with the surgeon who saved his leg from amputation.

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Join Ann Curry as two women search for friends and colleagues who forged a path for equal rights. One of the first female commercial pilots wants to thank her mentor, and an abet hopes to find the adult female who inspired her to join a movement.
Old flight attendant, Lynn Rippelmeyer, tells of her passion for flying in the 1970s that propelled her ambition to become one of the first female commercial pilots in the USA.
Activist Zoe Nicholson describes her desire for equality between the sexes that drove her to take part in a 37-day 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 bellboy 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 task.
Pioneering female pilot Lynn Rippelmeyer delves into the Illinois Department of Transportation records to try to runway down the female person captain who inspired her ain celebrated aviation career.
Nelson Figueras describes his childhood in Cuba during the 1950s. The son of a revolutionary, Nelson describes living under Castro'south oppressive regime and his male parent'south eventual execution for crimes against the land. This horrific outcome was the catalyst for Nelson and his younger brother to be sent without their parents to the U.s. in 1962 in Functioning Pedro Pan.
Nelson Figueras describes the loving Mexican American family who in Washington State fostered him and his brother subsequently they'd been sent to the The states from Republic of cuba as Pedro Pan children. Despite being with the family for less than a twelvemonth, Nelson has idea of the couple and their kindness often for the past fifty years. He yearns to notice his long-lost foster parents to thank them.
Juan meets fisherman George Gardner, a colleague of Captain Hooper, the skipper who brought him to prophylactic in 1980 during the Mariel Boat lift from Republic of cuba.
Join Ann Back-scratch as two men search for the people who helped them settle in the U.S. when they fled Castro'due south Cuba. Ane hopes to observe the family who took him in as a boy while another looks for the shrimp boat skipper who brought him to safety.
Defending the 38th Parallel, gunner Jim Owen describes being marooned under heavy artillery attack from Chinese troops in 1951. At that place he witnessed an deed of heroism that has stayed with him for nearly 70 years.
While stationed on Hospital ship HSS Consolation, 21-twelvemonth-old naval corpsman Tony Ybarra grew to rely on fellow corpsman TJ Wilkes to get through the gruelling long hours dealing with casualties from the front line. On the first hospital ship with a helipad, the wounded were airlifted from the battlefield within 15 minutes of injury.
Jim Owen begins his search for the two lieutenants that inspired him during the Korean State of war at the National Athenaeum at College Park, Maryland. At that place Jim finds a vital clue among military records.

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