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A Woman Fights for a Medical Degree During the Grenada Revolution
Manage episode 391625306 series 3318965
In 1970, only ten percent of doctors were women. Living in Oklahoma, Cynthia Mackey was a young woman and mother who dreamt of becoming a doctor. Her first husband wouldn't let her go to school and then was killed flying cocaine for Pablo Escobar. Her second husband didn't approve either. Finally, as a single mom, she decided to finish medical school in Grenada. She was close to achieving her dream, when a communist revolution swept the island, and she was accused of being a CIA agent. Dr. Mackey's story reminds us of the obstacles women have had to overcome and the unusual barriers they had to break through in order to realize their dreams.
Heroes Behind Headlines
Executive Producer Ralph Pezzullo
Produced & Engineered by Mike Dawson
Music provided by ExtremeMusic.com
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1. A Woman Fights for a Medical Degree During the Grenada Revolution (00:00:00)
2. [Ad] What It's Like To Be... (00:11:48)
3. (Cont.) A Woman Fights for a Medical Degree During the Grenada Revolution (00:12:26)
116 قسمت
Manage episode 391625306 series 3318965
In 1970, only ten percent of doctors were women. Living in Oklahoma, Cynthia Mackey was a young woman and mother who dreamt of becoming a doctor. Her first husband wouldn't let her go to school and then was killed flying cocaine for Pablo Escobar. Her second husband didn't approve either. Finally, as a single mom, she decided to finish medical school in Grenada. She was close to achieving her dream, when a communist revolution swept the island, and she was accused of being a CIA agent. Dr. Mackey's story reminds us of the obstacles women have had to overcome and the unusual barriers they had to break through in order to realize their dreams.
Heroes Behind Headlines
Executive Producer Ralph Pezzullo
Produced & Engineered by Mike Dawson
Music provided by ExtremeMusic.com
فصل ها
1. A Woman Fights for a Medical Degree During the Grenada Revolution (00:00:00)
2. [Ad] What It's Like To Be... (00:11:48)
3. (Cont.) A Woman Fights for a Medical Degree During the Grenada Revolution (00:12:26)
116 قسمت
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