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Seeds of Change: The Black Cabinet
The fifth of five short films we're releasing this year as part of our special exhibit: "Black Americans, Civil Rights, and the Roosevelts."
The appointment of Black advisors to the Roosevelt Administration meant that for the first time, African Americans had a say in policies that would impact their communities. This would help to produce profound change for decades to come.
Seeds of Change: The Black Cabinet
The fifth of five short films we're releasing this year as part of our special exhibit: "Black Americans, Civil Rights, and the Roosevelts."
The appointment of Black advisors to the Roosevelt Administration meant that for the first time, African Americans had a say in policies that would impact their communities. This would help to produce profound change for decades to come.
![The Fly Girls Revolt - Eileen A. Bjorkman [Roosevelt Reading Festival 2023]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZRtngMGxyCw/hqdefault.jpg "The Fly Girls Revolt - Eileen A. Bjorkman [Roosevelt Reading Festival 2023]
The Fly Girls Revolt: The Story of the Women Who Kicked Open the Door to Fly in Combat - Eileen A. Bjorkman [Roosevelt Reading Festival 2023]
00:00 – Introduction
02:49 – Reads Chapter: “We Need Women, We Don’t Need Women”
07:25 – Cochran’s lunch with FDR in Hyde Park
09:58 – Cochran meets with General Hap Arnold
11:02 – Rep Edith Rogers and bringing women into the military
16:31 – Military women face smear campaigns
19:46 – Army Air Force creates Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron
21:40 – WASP trains 1000 women to ferry aircraft
23:33 – 1948 legislation allows women full-time military presence.
24:50 – In 1973, women finally train as military pilots
27:13 – In 1993, women finally allowed to fly in combat
28:10 – Q&A")
