Flight of Jackie Cochran: In The Clubmobile with Jessica Plowden & Nancy Hasty
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Joining us this week are the brilliant women behind the film that tells the story of Aviatrix Jackie Cochran. Jessica Plowden and Nancy Hasty's film The Flight of Jackie Cochran takes it's viewers back to a time before The WASP, before the war, and before Jackie Cochran was Jackie Cochran. In a small town in the panhandle of Florida, Jackie's story begins with Bessie Lee Pittman. Grab your coffee and a fresh sinker and join us for an episode that sheds the stereotypes of WASP Director Jackie, and sheds light on the woman who dug herself out of poverty with her own two hands to build an empire and legacy that still has people wondering: who was Jackie Cochran?
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