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The Women
In 1965, Frances 'Frankie' McGrath is a twenty-year-old nursing student from wealthy Coronado, California, raised to be a good girl in a world that tells her women belong at home. When her brother Finley dies in Vietnam, Frankie makes an impulsive decision that will change her life: she joins the Army Nurse Corps and ships out to a war zone. In Vietnam, she discovers her calling, her strength, and friendships that will last a lifetime—but coming home proves far more difficult than she imagined. Facing a country that dismisses her service, nightmares she can't escape, and trauma no one will acknowledge, Frankie must fight for the recognition she and her fellow women veterans deserve. A searing portrait of women at war and the long journey home.
“Women can be heroes, too. They'd told her that, and she'd believed it. She'd gone to war to prove it. But no one wanted to hear her story.”
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The Women This or That
Answer in under three seconds. No wrong answers — only revealing ones.
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Rapid fire (60 seconds)
Read these aloud as fast as the group can shout answers.
- 1. Coronado Island or Montana ranch?
- 2. Army Nurse Corps or Navy pilot?
- 3. 36th Evac Hospital or 71st Evac Hospital in Pleiku?
- 4. MASCAL chaos or Night shift Neuro ward?
- 5. R&R in Hawaii or Staying on base?
- 6. Anti-war protest or POW bracelet fundraiser?
- 7. Virginia farmhouse or Montana ranch?
- 8. Homecoming parade or Silent return?
- 9. Therapy or Carrying it alone?
- 10. Vietnam Veterans Memorial or Heroes' wall at home?