Six new documentaries in the MAKERS project feature groundbreaking American women in different spheres of influence: war, comedy, space, business, Hollywood and politics. Each program will profile prominent women and relate their struggles, triumphs and contributions as they reshaped and transformed the landscape of their chosen vocations.
Episode Four: "Women In War" airs Tuesday, October 21 at 9 p.m. - Track American women’s increasing participation in war — from Vietnam to the present — as nurses, soldiers, journalists, diplomats and spies. Among those featured are Linda Bray, the first woman to lead troops into battle, and Valerie Plame Wilson, whose career was sabotaged after she was “outed” as a high-level spy.
Viewers hear from war correspondents Molly Moore, Clarissa Ward and Christiane Amanpour about life on the battlefield. The film shares the stories of military leaders who have broken through gender barriers, like General Angela Salinas, at her retirement the highest ranking woman serving in the USMC, and Vice Admiral Michelle Howard, the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. Navy.
UP NEXT:
Episode Five: "Women In Business" airs Tuesday, October 28 at 9 p.m.; Episode Six: "Women In Politics" airs Tuesday, November 4 at 9 p.m.
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"Track American women’s increasing participation in war — from Vietnam to the present — as nurses
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"Six new documentaries in the MAKERS project feature groundbreaking American women in different spheres of influence: war
