Our American Stories

The Story of How "Women and Children First" Came to Be

On this episode of Our American Stories, The History Guy remembers the Birkenhead Disaster and explains where the protocol "women and children first" was first used. Support the show <a href="https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate">(https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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