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Skydiving to celebrate women’s suffrage

100 years ago this month, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote. And to celebrate, a team of women skydivers has been touring the country, jumping in the various cities that played key roles in the fight for a woman’s right to vote. Nancy Chen has the story. Source

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Frederick Douglass’s connection with Ireland

175 years ago, Frederick Douglass arrived in Ireland. Just seven years after his escape from slavery he wrote his memoir and hoped to connect to a nation’s people who supported his cause. That legacy is something his family still celebrates. Michelle Miller reports. Source

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Sarah Frey’s journey from selling melons to building a multi-state farming phenomenon

As the harvest continues on America’s farms, it’s hard to believe that even the biggest melons and pumpkins started out as tiny sprouts. And the same can be said of one of the nation’s largest produce suppliers. It all began when a teenager named Sarah Frey took over her parent’s failing farm and built it into a multi-state phenomenon. She’s telling her story in “The Growing Season: How I Built a New Life — And Saved an American Farm.” Source

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Saturday Sessions: Old 97’s perform “Turn Off the TV”

The alt-country legends Old 97’s got their start in the early-90’s, becoming a popular Dallas bar band. They soon started recording and earning fans nationwide. Twenty-seven years later, the original group is still intact and earlier this month released their latest album, “Twelfth.” They join “CBS This Morning: Saturday,” remotely from Dallas, Los Angeles and New York’s Hudson Valley, to perform “Turn Off the TV” Source

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Saturday Sessions: Old 97’s perform “The Dropouts”

The alt-country legends Old 97’s got their start in the early-90’s, becoming a popular Dallas bar band. They soon started recording and earning fans nationwide. Twenty-seven years later, the original group is still intact and earlier this month released their latest album, “Twelfth.” They join “CBS This Morning: Saturday,” remotely from Dallas, Los Angeles and New York’s Hudson Valley, to perform “The Dropouts.” Source

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