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Marriage bars and a Moon mission
Myra Anubi presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.
We hear about the Irish law that banned married women from working in state jobs until 1973 and Apollo 13's attempted trip to the Moon in 1970.
Plus the Umbrella protest in Hong Kong, the ancient Egyptian mummy who flew to France for a makeover and the Argentine basketball player and wrestler nicknamed the Giant.
Contributors:
Bernie Flynn - one of the first married women to keep her job after the marriage bar was abolished in Ireland.
Irene Mosca - economics lecturer at Maynooth University, in Ireland.
Fred Haise - NASA astronaut who was on board Apollo 13.
Nathan Law - leader of the Umbrella protest in Hong Kong.
Anne-Marie Gouden - receptionist at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris.
Julio Lamas - Jorge Gonzalez's basketball coach.
Bill Alfonso - wrestling referee and Jorge Gonzalez's personal assistant.
(Photo: A couple on their wedding day. Credit: Getty Images)
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Myra Anubi presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.
We hear about the Irish law that banned married women from working in state jobs until 1973 and Apollo 13's attempted trip to the Moon in 1970.
Plus the Umbrella protest in Hong Kong, the ancient Egyptian mummy who flew to France for a makeover and the Argentine basketball player and wrestler nicknamed the Giant.
Contributors:
Bernie Flynn - one of the first married women to keep her job after the marriage bar was abolished in Ireland.
Irene Mosca - economics lecturer at Maynooth University, in Ireland.
Fred Haise - NASA astronaut who was on board Apollo 13.
Nathan Law - leader of the Umbrella protest in Hong Kong.
Anne-Marie Gouden - receptionist at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris.
Julio Lamas - Jorge Gonzalez's basketball coach.
Bill Alfonso - wrestling referee and Jorge Gonzalez's personal assistant.
(Photo: A couple on their wedding day. Credit: Getty Images)
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