MAKERS Women in War: Combat

Season 2 Episode 4

About the Episode

Makers: Women in War looks at American women’s increasing participation in war—from Vietnam to the present—as nurses, soldiers, journalists, diplomats and spies

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Extras

Makers: Women Who Make America Season 2 Preview

Trailer for the upcoming season of Makers: Women Who Make America

4:34
The Women's March

In 2017, millions of women took to the streets and made their voices heard.

1:51
Solidarity

Time's Up was born out of the need to uplift the voices that are so often silenced.

2:01
The 2018 Midterm Elections

In the 2018 midterm elections, women played a bigger role than they have in any other.

2:16
Black Lives Matter

Raquel Willis on how the Black Lives Matter movement uplifts Black trans and queer lives.

2:28
Trailer | Not Done: Women Remaking America

Chart the last 5 years of the women's movement and its intersectional fight for equality.

0:30
Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Veteran and Congresswoman

Tulsi Gabbard has served her country and her home state of Hawaii in Congress.

0:00
Nancy Pelosi, First Female Speaker of the House

In 2007, Nancy Pelosi became the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.

4:33
Boston Marathon

In 1967 Kathrine Switzer ran in the Boston Marathon.

3:51
Battle of the Sexes

Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the 1973 Battle of the Sexes match.

3:31