of it was the greatest taboo. but when she was 17 and unmarried, ann did become pregnant and face the devastating forces of shame and humiliation. the whole journey of pregnancy to birth was traumatic and made to feel that you were worthless. it happened in what was meant to be the liberated 19605 but the new freedoms weren t shared by those like ann. when she went to give birth in an nhs hospital, she was confronted by one particular midwife in the delivery room, and knew ann wasn t married. and during the labour, i was not given anything to assist me with pain because i was told i would remember the pain
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of our history. we ve been quite fortunate. that is for sure. mark upgrove and karen, thank you for your time and for being on the show today. thank you. we had a couple of minutes last night to come here to this cemetery. we happen to be here at sunset and the place was almost empty. it is my first time here, like ann. and driving down the entryway i felt butterflies i didn t expect and even knowing when i do about this place, didn t expect what happened when you step to the edge of the grass. the endless rows of crosses overwhelm you. but the names, each name on them, gut you. and you look at the years and you look at dates and do the math and they were just kids. kids who came here to fight and die for the freedom of every single one of us. you think you know gratitude and then you come here and gratitude doesn t begin to describe it. so i ll end the show from this powerful place, as we always do, thank you, from not just here in france but back in the u.s.,
that ann met another paramedic named cara rintala and fell for her. like ann, cara was compassionate. but in other ways, she was ann s opposite. if everything about ann was larger than life, everything about cara was contained, even cautious. sandy montagna is cara s mom. carl montagna, her stepdad. she had a plan. always had a plan. was very conscious of where she was headed in life. reporter: after a couple of years together, ann moved into cara s house in the western mass town of granby and they decided to adopt. this is a real step. i mean, being a couple together and moving in your furniture is different than, we are going to raise a child together. you know, this is right. a commitment. and so, i don t think it was looked upon lightly. i remember that cara wanted a 2 or 3-year-old boy. and they ended up with a six-day-old girl. reporter: weeks after brianna came into their lives, ann and cara quietly went to the