Women in the Military: Season I - Warriors
This series tells the story of the heroic accomplishments of women warriors in the U.S. military. Subjects include a Civil War spy, a nurse "killed in action" near the trenches of WWI, a young Sailor quietly proving women can succeed at sea, overcoming PTSD after a tour in Iraq, and an Iraq War nurse that served Americans and Iraqis alike.
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Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer
Directed by Allyce Ondricka
Performed by Constance Smith, Pauline Cushman-Fryer tells us how she became a Union Spy, got caught and was almost hanged, why Abraham Lincoln granted her the rank of Major, and how she died lonely in San Francisco from an overdose of opium.
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Nurse Helen Fairchild: Killed in Action?
Directed by Eliciana Nascimento
Bravery, compassion and the will to save lives motivated the young Nurse Helen Fairchild to leave home in Pennsylvania and embark on a journey to Europe, where she served as a surgical nurse during World War I before dying on the front lines.
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Tiffany McKinley: Sailor
Directed by David Washburn
Tiffany McKinley dismisses the stereotype of a single female personality in the military. For Tiffany, her interest in the Navy was activated by the spread of patriotism after 9/11. In the Navy, she manned the control centers of deployed ships.
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Julie Mendez: From PTSD to Art
Directed by Silvia Turchin
Julie Mendez served in the Iraq War. Finding herself on convoys engaging insurgents, she came to question the reason why so many Iraqi found the Americans as invaders rather than liberators. She turned to art to recover from her experiences.
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Pam Roark: Iraq War Nurse
Directed by Natasha Sharapova
Captain Pam Roark is a Navy nurse who shares her story about service, compassion, and leadership, demonstrating that leadership ability isn't a consequence of gender. It is a consequence of character.
