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Christine Jorgensen was one of the first people to successfully undergo gender affirmation surgery.
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A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
16 Episodes
1. Episode 1
Christine Jorgensen was one of the first people to successfully undergo gender affirmation surgery.
2023
2. Episode 2
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2012
3. Episode 3
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2003
4. Episode 4
Mid 20th century America through the eyes of famous journalist Eric Sevareid.
1988
5. Episode 5
A treatment of women's contributions to the World War II defense industry including interviews with women who participated.
1988
6. Episode 6
A visit to working ranches in western Wyoming to examine the lifestyle of modern-day cowboys and compare it to the romantic historical notions.
1988
7. Episode 7
John Kennedy and George Wallace clash over questions of civil rights in early 1960s Alabama.
1988
8. Episode 8
Account of the famous Native American leader's battle against the US in the American southwest from the viewpoints of historians and modern Apaches.
1988
9. Episode 9
Life on Alabama tenant farms in the 1930s with comparisons to the living situation today.
1988
10. Episode 10
The growth of rhythm and blues music and its eventual acceptance by mainstream audiences in the 1950s.
1988
11. Episode 11
A Catholic priest (Charles Coughlin) takes to the radio airwaves in the 1930s and broadcasts his views on the condition of the country.
1988
12. Episode 12
An examination of the women of 19th century America - as suffragists, abolitionists, authors - and the record they and many others left through quilt-making.
1988
13. Episode 13
A German prince and a Swiss painter interpret the United States in a new light during a visit to the American west during the 1830s.
1988
14. Episode 14
The work of photographer and author Eudora Welty and her impressions of the south after the turn of the 20th century.
1989
15. Episode 15
A biography of Robert Moses, single-minded visionary behind many of New York City's largest and most expensive construction projects.
1989
16. Episode 16
A tale of a woman in the 1800s who risked scorn by marrying a man much younger than herself, and a person later found to be her biological son from long ago.
1989