Women Making it Happen
b'Mother of Thanksgiving
Guest:\\xa0Denise Kiernan, journalist, producer, and author of "We Gather Together: A Nation Divided, a President in Turmoil, and a Historic Campaign to Embrace Gratitude and Grace\\u201d
Sarah Josepha Hale was the mother of Thanksgiving. She campaigned for decades with various presidents, local leaders, and the readers of her incredibly popular journal "Godey\\u2019s Lady\\u2019s Book" to establish a national holiday of gratitude. She was a social influencer in her time, and she impacted fashion, the literary scene,\\xa0and\\xa0public opinion, especially about the need for\\xa0this\\xa0holiday.\\xa0
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Wives of POWs Brought their Husbands Home from Vietnam
Guest: Heath Hardage Lee, author of \\u201cThe League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home from Vietnam\\u201d
In 1967, the wives of POW/MIA soldiers in Vietnam revealed years of coded letters they had sent to their husbands, proving that their captors were violating the Geneva Convention\\u2019s rules for treating prisoners of war. The League of Wives helped change public perception of the war.'